Victorianism

noun

Vic·to·ri·an·ism vik-ˈtȯr-ē-ə-ˌni-zəm

: a typical instance or product of Victorian expression, taste, or conduct

: the quality or state of being Victorian especially in taste or conduct

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The urgency in the commemoration of various histories—architectural Victorianism, nineteenth-century middle-class urbanites, Washington’s soldiers, Mohawk ironworkers—corresponds precisely to the need to leave others unmentioned. —