Victorianism

American  

[vik-tawr-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -tohr-] / vɪkˈtɔr i əˌnɪz əm, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

1. the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.

2. an instance or example of such thought, tendencies, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of Victorianism

First recorded in 1900–05; Victorian + -ism

Example Sentences

So the Midwest, Lauck writes, developed “a tempered Victorianism adjusted to frontier conditions and American pragmatism.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

There was clearly a Christian precedent for Victorian obsessions, and Victorianism was certainly tied to Christian piety.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Behind the mask of sexual Victorianism, racial striving, up-by-the-bootstrap faith, hard work and service, Tuskegee was, in his eyes, a den of corruption.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019

“It’s super important to learn to distinguish between Victorianism and Biblical Christianity,” she said.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2019

To arrive, with the ingredients of a tropical Spain and the pirates of the world, at an early Victorianism was a mystery which demanded a close investigation.

From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph