Comstockery
noun
Com·stock·ery
ˈkäm-ˌstä-kə-rē 
also ˈkəm-
1
: strict censorship of materials considered obscene
2
: censorious opposition to alleged immorality (as in literature)
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That man died in 1915, leaving behind less a legacy and more a joke in the periodic usage of the term Comstockery to denote censorious impulses.
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Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
People started using ‘Comstockery’ to make fun of any kind of art or storytelling or writing or politics that was old-fashioned and puritanical.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
In the early 20th century, this idea of Comstockery becomes really popular.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
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Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
People started using ‘Comstockery’ to make fun of any kind of art or storytelling or writing or politics that was old-fashioned and puritanical.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
In the early 20th century, this idea of Comstockery becomes really popular.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
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“Comstockery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Comstockery. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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