- Grundyist
- Grundyism Grun"dy*ism, n. Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism. -- {Grun"dy*ist}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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Mrs Grundy — For the Archie Comics character, see Miss Grundy. Mrs Grundy is the name of an imaginary English character, who typifies the disciplinary control of the conventional proprieties of society over conduct, the tyrannical pressure of the opinion of… … Wikipedia
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