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)

1. narrow and unintelligent conventionalism

Related terms

• Grundyist

Translations

prudery

• German: Prüderie (de) f, Spießigkeit (de) f

Anagrams

• gymnurids