noun

Comstock

noun

A censor, or someone who campaigns to suppress material they consider obscene or morally objectionable.

"Critics called the new decency law an act of pure comstockery."

How to Use Comstock

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishUsed to describe someone acting like a moral censor, cracking down on anything seen as indecent.

When to use it

Rare outside historical or legal writing about censorship.

Comstocks plural

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Named after Anthony Comstock, a 19th-century American anti-vice campaigner whose name became attached to strict censorship laws he championed.