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midvictorianism

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mid-Vic⋅to⋅ri⋅an

[mid-vik-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr-]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the middle portion (about 1850 to 1890) of the reign of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) in England: mid-Victorian writers.
–noun
2. a person, as a writer, belonging to the mid-Victorian time.
3. a person of mid-Victorian tastes, standards, ideas, etc.

Origin:
1900–05


mid-Vic⋅to⋅ri⋅an⋅ism, noun
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