Comstockery

[ kuhm-stok-uh-ree, kom- ]

/ ˈkʌm stɒk ə ri, ˈkɒm- /

overzealous moral censorship of the fine arts and literature, often mistaking outspokenly honest works for salacious ones.

Origin of Comstockery

1900–05; after A. Comstock; see -ery

Com·stock·er, noun Com·stock·i·an, adjective

His chapters on the psychology of war hysteria and of comstockery are acute and constructive.

Psychoanalysis |Andr Tridon
It is no exaggeration to say that Comstockery is the arch enemy of society.

Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 |Various
Besides, the average mother, if she will but admit the truth, is ashamed to talk with her daughter about Comstockery things.

Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 |Various
Is Comstockery to be our best expression of the most vital matter of existence?

Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 |Various

By what extraordinary process does Comstockery conjure decency into the stomach and indecency into the bowels?

Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 |Various

comstockery

/ (ˈkʌmˌstɒkərɪ, ˈkɒm-) /

US immoderate censorship on grounds of immorality

C20: coined by G. B. Shaw (1905) after Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), US moral crusader, who founded the Society for the Suppression of Vice