anthony comstock

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Noun anthony comstock has 1 sense

Comstock, Anthony Comstock - United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)
--₁ is a kind of reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist

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Anthony Comstock

Noun (Proper)

American advocate of censorship and morality laws in the late 19th century.

Sample Sentences:

Anthony Comstock was a prominent figure in the temperance movement.
The legacy of Anthony Comstock includes the establishment of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.

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