Comstockeryn.
'kɔm,stɔkəri
中文n. 康斯托克派（主张对黄色书画等文艺作品的严厉查禁）；对有伤风化的文艺作品的强烈反对
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Comstockery (n.)1905, from Anthony Comstock (1844-1915), founder of New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (1873) and self-appointed crusader against immorality, + -ery. Coined by George Bernard Shaw after Comstock objected to "Mrs. Warren\\'s Profession." "Comstockery is the world\\'s standing joke at the expense of the United States" [Shaw, "New York Times," Sept. 26, 1905]. The Comstock lode, silver vein in Nevada, was discovered 1859 and first worked by U.S. prospector H.T.P. Comstock (1820-1870).
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