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neo-Victorian

adj

Etymology

From neo- + Victorian.

  1. derived from Victōriānus
  2. derived from Victoriano
  3. prefixed as neo-victorian — “neo + Victorian”

Definitions

  1. Harking back to the Victorian era or fashions.

    • neo-Victorian detective fiction
    • a neo-Victorian domestic ideal of femininity

  2. Someone with neo-Victorian characteristics

    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.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA