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单词 Comstockery
释义

Comstockery

/ˈkämˌstäkərē/ /ˈkəm- /
noun
Excessive opposition to supposed immorality in the arts; prudery.But what he might have made of the long-term consequences of his victory over Comstockery is open to question....
  • Every imaginable form of Comstockery is represented in this array of antichoice measures.
  • Bowdlerism, named after Dr Thomas Bowdler, has been around longer than Comstockery, named for Anthony Comstock.

Origin

Named for Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), US author and reformer.

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