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grundyism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
grundy-ism
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

narrow and unintelligent conventionalism

Uncountable

Etymology

From Grundy + -ism, after Mrs Grundy, a minor character in Thomas Morton's play Speed the Plough (1798) who came to personify the tyranny of conventional propriety.

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Usage

Frequently Paired Words

Grundified Grundyist

Synonyms

primness prudishness prudery

Questions

What does grundyism mean?
narrow and unintelligent conventionalism
Where does grundyism come from?
From Grundy + -ism, after Mrs Grundy, a minor character in Thomas Morton's play Speed the Plough (1798) who came to personify the tyranny of conventional propriety.

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