Comstockery
/ˈkämˌstäkərē/ /ˈkəm-
/noun
Excessive opposition to supposed immorality in the arts; prudery.But what he might have made of the long-term consequences of his victory over Comstockery is open to question....
- Every imaginable form of Comstockery is represented in this array of antichoice measures.
- Bowdlerism, named after Dr Thomas Bowdler, has been around longer than Comstockery, named for Anthony Comstock.
Origin
Named for Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), US author and reformer.