Comstockery

Japanese: comstockery
Comstockery

…By his own count, he convicted more than 3,600 people, but many thinkers and artists who had nothing to do with obscenity also fell victim to his obsession. One of them, GB Shaw, coined the word “Comstockery” to describe hypocritical moralists and extreme moral censorship. [Kamei Shunsuke]…

*Some of the terminology that mentions "comstockery" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼自身の計算で3600人以上を有罪に追い込んだというが,わいせつと無関係な思想家や芸術家で彼の偏執の犠牲となった人も多い。その一人のG.B.ショーは,道徳家ぶった偽善者,極端な道徳的検閲をあらわすのに〈コムストック風comstockery〉という単語をつくって報いた。【亀井 俊介】。…

※「comstockery」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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