noun
Meaning 1
narrow and unintelligent conventionalism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Grundyism
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noun
Meaning 2
excessive or affected modesty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: primness, prudishness, prudery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: modesty, modestness
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Prüderie — prudery
- German: Spießigkeit — prudery