Grundyism

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Grundyism

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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.

noun

uncountable narrow and unintelligent conventionalism

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noun prudery

Deutsch	Prüderie, Spießigkeit

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@misc{grundyism_2026,
  title = {Grundyism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grundyism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}