Comstockeryn.

/ˈkɒmstɒkəri/

Forms: Also comstockery.

Etymology: < the name of Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), member of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.

Excessive opposition to, or censorship of, supposed immorality in art or literature; prudery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected propriety

prudery1708

primness1713

priggery1743

priggism1753

prudishness1760

priggishness1768

missishness1839

missiness1857

prigdom1873

prudity1891

Comstockery1905

prighood1906

nice nellyism1933

prissiness1934

1905 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times 26 Sept. 1/7 Comstockery is the world's standing joke at the expense of the United States.

1911 T. A. Schroeder ‘Obscene’ Lit. 101 There is no organized force in American life which is more pernicious..than..Comstockery.

1921 J. B. Cabell Jurgen p. xvi She is the Mrs. Grundy of the Leshy; she is Comstockery: and her shadow is commonsense.

1923 A. Huxley On Margin 45 Such minor menaces as Prohibition, Lord Northcliffe, Mr. Bryan, Comstockery.

1927 Observer 27 Mar. 15/1 The apostles of Comstockery—sour-faced persons who think only in terms of suppression.

1933 Scrutiny June 106 He [Dreiser] did have genuine grievances against timid publishers, moral reviewers and comstockery in general.

1965 P. Fryer Birth Controllers xix. 204 She [sc. Margaret Sanger] declared war on Comstock and comstockery by launching her own monthly sheet.

Derivatives

ˈComstocker n. one who advocates or practises Comstockery.

ΚΠ

1905 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times 26 Sept. 2/1 The good intentions of the leaders of the Comstockers.

1905 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times 26 Sept. 2/1 Socialism may become the..Puritanism of the Comstocker.

ˈComstockish adj.

ΚΠ

1906 Westm. Gaz. 27 Nov. 4/2 Played by American ladies one can only say, discreetly, that it is Comstockish.

1915 Survey 6 Nov. 128/2 Liberalism in public affairs may become Comstockism in morals.

ˈComstockism n.

ΚΠ

1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Comstockism (Amer.-Eng., 1885 on), opposition to the nude in art.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	comstockery
释义	Comstockeryn. /ˈkɒmstɒkəri/ Forms: Also comstockery. Etymology: < the name of Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), member of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. Excessive opposition to, or censorship of, supposed immorality in art or literature; prudery. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected propriety prudery1708 primness1713 priggery1743 priggism1753 prudishness1760 priggishness1768 missishness1839 missiness1857 prigdom1873 prudity1891 Comstockery1905 prighood1906 nice nellyism1933 prissiness1934 1905 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times 26 Sept. 1/7 Comstockery is the world's standing joke at the expense of the United States. 1911 T. A. Schroeder ‘Obscene’ Lit. 101 There is no organized force in American life which is more pernicious..than..Comstockery. 1921 J. B. Cabell Jurgen p. xvi She is the Mrs. Grundy of the Leshy; she is Comstockery: and her shadow is commonsense. 1923 A. Huxley On Margin 45 Such minor menaces as Prohibition, Lord Northcliffe, Mr. Bryan, Comstockery. 1927 Observer 27 Mar. 15/1 The apostles of Comstockery—sour-faced persons who think only in terms of suppression. 1933 Scrutiny June 106 He [Dreiser] did have genuine grievances against timid publishers, moral reviewers and comstockery in general. 1965 P. Fryer Birth Controllers xix. 204 She [sc. Margaret Sanger] declared war on Comstock and comstockery by launching her own monthly sheet. Derivatives ˈComstocker n. one who advocates or practises Comstockery. ΚΠ 1905 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times 26 Sept. 2/1 The good intentions of the leaders of the Comstockers. 1905 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times 26 Sept. 2/1 Socialism may become the..Puritanism of the Comstocker. ˈComstockish adj. ΚΠ 1906 Westm. Gaz. 27 Nov. 4/2 Played by American ladies one can only say, discreetly, that it is Comstockish. 1915 Survey 6 Nov. 128/2 Liberalism in public affairs may become Comstockism in morals. ˈComstockism n. ΚΠ 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Comstockism (Amer.-Eng., 1885 on), opposition to the nude in art. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1905
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