Neo-victorian

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone with neo-Victorian characteristics; a conservative.

    "The cosmopolitans attacked neo-Victorians for discriminating against gays, feminists, and immigrants, and for stigmatizing the black poor for their “culture of poverty.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Harking back to the Victorian era or fashions.

    "neo-Victorian detective fiction"

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Etymology

From neo- + Victorian.

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