Grundyism
Prüderie, Spießigkeit
Narrow and unintelligent conventionalismNarrow and unintelligent conventionalism
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism
Prüderie, Spießigkeit
More definitions
- excessive or affected modesty
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
prudery:
Origin
From Grundy + -ism, after Mrs Grundy, a minor character in Thomas Morton's play Speed theFrom 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.
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- excessive or affected modesty:primnessprudishnessprudery
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable