Comstockery: Meaning and Definition of

Com•stock•er•y

Pronunciation: (kum'stok-u-rē, kom'-), [key]
— n.
  1. overzealous moral censorship of the fine arts and literature, often mistaking outspokenly honest works for salacious ones.
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