Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gradgrindian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grad-grindi-an
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a soulless devotion to facts and figures; inflexibly utilitarian.

Example Sentences

"But today's winning businesses are positively Gradgrindian in their pursuit of the truth."
"Whether one favours a Gradgrindian Thatcherism that removes all worker rights, or a Corbynista fantasy of wholesale nationalisation, we will find these are impossible, given the reach of the Brussels acquis."
"But I have never quite got my head around my times tables, which I think are a Gradgrindian chanting fetish periodically revived by politicians who, if they are honest with themselves, have never really needed times tables either."

Etymology

From Gradgrind + -ian, name of a pedantic character in Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times.

Inflected Forms

more Gradgrindian (comparative) most Gradgrindian (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

Gradgrindery Gradgrindish Gradgrindism

Synonyms

Gradgrindish

Questions

What does gradgrindian mean?: Having a soulless devotion to facts and figures; inflexibly utilitarian.
Where does gradgrindian come from?: From Gradgrind + -ian, name of a pedantic character in Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times.

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