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Definition of Grundyism
1. Noun. Excessive or affected modesty.
Generic synonyms: Modestness, Modesty
Derivative terms: Prim, Prim, Prudish
Definition of Grundyism
1. n. Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grundyism
Literary usage of Grundyism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In Search of a Religion by Dennis Hird (1897)
"This public game of playing the Lord Almighty, following the exhibition of
Church-Grundyism, which with coats of arms had bedizened the humble ministers of ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"... accompanied by as much active help as can be made consistent with his playing
providential tyrant all round, is simply Grundyism, intensified. ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... he becomes indecent ; but we must remember the manners of the times, before
false modesty and hypocritical Grundyism had been born. ..."
4. China, Her History, Diplomacy, and Commerce: From the Earliest Times to the by Edward Harper Parker (1917)
"Anyhow, there is no humbug, concealment, or Mrs. Grundyism. In sum, I am disposed
to say that the Chinese, taken as a whole, are not much, if any, ..."
5. China: Her History, Diplomacy and Commerce from the Earliest Times to the by Edward Harper Parker (1901)
"... and what an old scamp does in his harem concerns no one but himself and his
slaves. Anyhow, there is no humbug, concealment, or Mrs. Grundyism. ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1892)
"Perhaps, after all, our rules were but a set of conventional observations ; our
system but a sort of grammatical Grundyism ; and a broader philosophy might ..."
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