Anthony Comstock

Anthony Comstock
noun
United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)
Syn: ↑Comstock
Instance Hypernyms: ↑reformer, ↑reformist, ↑crusader, ↑social reformer, ↑meliorist

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