Grundyism
English
Etymology
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.
Noun
Grundyism (uncountable)
- narrow and unintelligent conventionalism
Related terms
- Grundyist
Translations
prudery
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Anagrams
- gymnurids