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Anthony Comstock
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United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)
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Anthony Comstock
see synonyms of anthony comstock American reformer. As organizer and secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, he became notorious for his moral crusades against literature and artwork that he considered obscene.
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