Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - comstockery
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Comstockery
comstockery
noun Etymology: Anthony Comstock + English -ery Date: 1905 1. strict censorship of materials considered obscene 2. censorious opposition to alleged immorality (as in literature)
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- from Anthony Comstock (1844-1915), founder of New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (1873) and self-appointed crusader against immorality. Coined by George Bernard Shaw after Comstock objected to "Mrs. Warren's Profession." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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