as in puritanical
given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals
a conservative Christian sect with a code of sexual morality that is often seen as quaintly Victorian by outsiders
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Recent Examples of Victorian
Meller specializes in modern and contemporary art and named Ai-Da after Ada Lovelace, the Victorian visionary who wrote the first computer program.
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Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Historical Mystery Show: Step into a world of Victorian elegance and deadly secrets when DeBary Hall Historic Site partners with Gateway Center for the Arts to present a Historical Mystery Show.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2025
The embellishment also landed on all-black looks at Elie Saab and Viktor & Rolf where they were used to stuff up Victorian silhouettes like bed pillows.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
Thomasville is full of Queen Anne and Victorian architecture and serves as a quiet weekend retreat for lovers of architecture, gardens, and good food.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 13 July 2025
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Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Historical Mystery Show: Step into a world of Victorian elegance and deadly secrets when DeBary Hall Historic Site partners with Gateway Center for the Arts to present a Historical Mystery Show.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2025
The embellishment also landed on all-black looks at Elie Saab and Viktor & Rolf where they were used to stuff up Victorian silhouettes like bed pillows.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
Thomasville is full of Queen Anne and Victorian architecture and serves as a quiet weekend retreat for lovers of architecture, gardens, and good food.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Victorian
puritanical
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For Max in particular, his parent’s lifelong humorless severity looks more and more like malevolent delusion under a cloak of puritanical righteousness.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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At a moment when puritanical forces in this country are actively trying to deny Americans the freedom to be themselves, that’s radical enough.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2025
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“Victorian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Victorian. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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