Victorianism
Americannoun
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the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
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an instance or example of such thought, tendencies, etc.
Etymology
Origin of Victorianism
Example Sentences
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The book examines the cultural forces that shaped the Dreamhouses over the decades, including Queen Anne Victorianism, midcentury modernism and back-to-the-land granola-ism.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
So the Midwest, Lauck writes, developed “a tempered Victorianism adjusted to frontier conditions and American pragmatism.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
According to the great Victorian psychologist Sigmund Freud, Victorianism was fundamentally about the repression of natural instincts.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
“It’s super important to learn to distinguish between Victorianism and Biblical Christianity,” she said.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2019
He was a twentieth-century Englishman in the grand transition period between Victorianism and Victory, when we still held the conventional notions of chivalry and its rewards.
From Command by William McFee
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