Victorianism

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Variant of Victorian

Victorian definition

Vic·to·rian (-ən)

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of the period of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
  2. showing the middle-class respectability, prudery, bigotry, etc. generally attributed to Victorian England
  3. designating or of a style of architecture, decorations, and furnishings of the 19th cent., characterized by massiveness, flowery carving, and ornate design

noun

a person of the time of Queen Victoria

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Ulysses†is a dogged attempt to cover the universe with mud, an inverted Victorianism, an attempt to make crossness and dirt succeed where sweetness and light failed, a simplification of the human character in the interests of Hell.

-Forster, E(dward) M(organ)

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