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Grundyism
noun
excessive or affected modesty
Syn: ↑primness, ↑prudishness, ↑prudery
Derivationally related forms: ↑prudish (for: ↑prudishness), ↑prim (for: ↑primness)
Hypernyms: ↑modesty, ↑modestness

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\\-dēˌizəm, -diˌiz-\ noun (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
: a narrow prudish intolerant conventionality especially as to the proprieties

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/grun"dee iz'euhm/, n.
1. a prudish adherence to conventionality, esp. in personal behavior.
2. (l.c.) an instance of such prudishness.
[1830-40; GRUNDY + -ISM]

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Grundyism /grunˈdi-i-zm/
noun
Conventional prudery, from the question ‘But what will Mrs Grundy say?’ in Thomas Morton's play, Speed the Plough (1798)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.