Victorianism
English
Etymology
Victorian + -ism
Noun
Victorianism (countable and uncountable, plural Victorianisms)
- The behaviour or beliefs of the Victorians, especially prudery.
- 1997 January 9, Morton Kondracke, "TV won't slow 'slouch to Gomorrah'", The Greenwood Index-Journal
- It is simply the imposition of more Victorianism into community standards.
- 1997 January 9, Morton Kondracke, "TV won't slow 'slouch to Gomorrah'", The Greenwood Index-Journal
- An expression or idiom characteristic of Victorian times.