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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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
The Industrial System, run by a small class of Capitalists on a theory of competitive contract, had been quite honestly established by the early Victorians and was one of the primary beliefs of Victorianism.
From The Victorian Age in Literature by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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