mid-Victorianismn.
/ˌmɪdvɪkˈtɔːrɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌmɪdvɪkˈtɔriəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Mid-Victorian styles, ways, or practices.
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1920 Mod. Lang. Notes 35 64 He groups Carlyle, Ruskin, Arnold, and John Morley as the prophets who brought down on the head of self-sufficient mid-Victorianism ‘reproof, exhortation, and even denunciation’.
1923 Daily Mail 12 Feb. 13 The artist..had an eccentric taste for mid-Victorianism.
1956 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 28 398/2 In spite of these disquieting or disagreeable aspects, mid-Victorianism had much in its favor.
1997 Victorian Soc. Ann. 1996 38/1 The late Gothic Revival itself was the result of a reaction to mid-Victorianism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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