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Victorianisms

Victorianisms is the plural of Victorianism.

Meaning of Victorianism

Noun

Victorianism (countable and uncountable, plural Victorianisms)

  1. The behaviour or beliefs of the Victorians, especially prudery.
    • These [sex manuals] reflect an age in which, it appears, the only hope for heterosexual love is technical know-how. Supposedly designed to free the reader from Victorianism and guilt, these books constitute clumsy, self-conscious attempts to liberate the reader.1976 February 7, L. S. Eneri, “New Sex Manual”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 12
  2. An expression or idiom characteristic of Victorian times.

Questions about Victorianisms

What is Victorianisms the plural of?
Victorianisms is the plural of Victorianism.

Words near Victorianisms in the dictionary

  1. Victorian sponges
  2. Victorian Turkish bath
  3. Victorian Turkish baths
  4. Victoriana
  5. Victorianism
  6. Victorianisms
  7. Victorianist
  8. Victorianists
  9. Victorianize
  10. Victorianized
  11. Victorianizes

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