Comstockery Definition
kŏmstŏkə-rē, kŭm-
noun
Ruthless suppression of plays, books, etc. alleged to be offensive or dangerous to public morals.
Webster's New World
Censorship, especially in the arts, on the basis of perceived immorality or obscenity.
American Heritage
Origin of Comstockery
From Anthony Comstock (the Comstock laws which he propagated) + -ery, coined in an editorial in The New York Times in 1895 and famously adopted by George Bernard Shaw in 1905.
From Wiktionary
After Anthony Comstock
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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