grundyism

Questions about grundyism

What does grundyism mean?

grundyism means "excessive or affected modesty".

How many syllables are in grundyism?

grundyism has 2 syllables and divides as grun-dyism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for grundyism?

Close synonyms include primness, prudishness, prudery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grundyism a common word?

grundyism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.