grundyist means one who exhibits narrow and unintelligent conventionalism. It carries an Arena rating of 1418, earned across 59 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, grundyist ranks #3,113 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #4,051 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #4,566 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #5,017 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound.
Why “grundyist” is a great word
GRUNDYIST — [Noun] One who exhibits narrow and unintelligent conventionalism, especially in matters of morality or propriety. From the name Mrs. Grundy, a character representing conventional propriety in Thomas Morton's play Speed the Plough (1798), combined with the agent-noun suffix -ist. Unlike a puritan, whose rigor springs from defined principle, or a conformist, who may follow norms for peace, a Grundyist is defined by a censorious, unthinking vigilance for the superficial breach. It is the pursed lips at a hemline, the hissed correction of a trivial breach of etiquette, the meticulously maintained front parlor curtains that exist solely to watch the street—a petty tyranny mistaking its own fence for the horizon of the world.
Etymology
From Grundy + -ist.
noun
- One who exhibits narrow and unintelligent conventionalism.
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