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Grundyism
Grun·dy·ism [ grúndee ìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
prudishness: a prudish narrow-minded attitude toward other people ( disapproving )

[Mid-19th century. < Mrs. Grundy, character in Thomas Moreton's play Speed the Plough (1798)]
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