Edwardianisms

Noun

Edwardianism (countable and uncountable, plural Edwardianisms)

1. The culture and social climate of the Edwardian era, especially when viewed as a peaceful and romantic golden age of country houses and garden parties.
   • On the domestic scene, the cultural fabric was a mixture of British Edwardianism and U.S. Progressivism; these were both a blessing and a burden in Russell's life.1993, Russell Wilcox Ramsey, Russell Archibald Ramsey, On Law and Country
2. The literary and artistic styles of the Edwardian era.
   • The modernist intimations accruing as doubts about Rickie's sentimental Edwardianism also undermine Forster's own “sober” Edwardianism.1997, Brian May, The Modernist as Pragmatist, page 50
3. A phrase or habit characteristic of the Edwardian era.