Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun excessive or affected modesty
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Examples
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When the internet brimmed with photos of what appeared to be a femme Adam kissing men, his response was one which triggered every trip wire of passive-aggressive American grundyism.
Bradley Burston: In Israel, Adam Lambert Would Have Won 2009
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I prefer this not out grundyism, but because I doubt if a language can long survive in health under a policy of (to use another new entry from 6,000 Words) "open admissions."
jaime_d commented on the word grundyism
from essay "Jonathan Williams" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010