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Gradgrinds

Gradgrinds is the plural of Gradgrind.

Meaning of Gradgrind

Noun

Gradgrind (plural Gradgrinds)

  1. One who relies solely on scientific measurements and observable facts without taking human nature into consideration.
    • They do just what all the practical men of this practical age are doing, what even the Gradgrinds are doing: they embody ideas; they put thoughts into facts.1860 June, “Representative Art”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 5, number 32

Questions about Gradgrinds

What is Gradgrinds the plural of?
Gradgrinds is the plural of Gradgrind.

Words near Gradgrinds in the dictionary

  1. Gradgrind
  2. Gradgrindery
  3. Gradgrindian
  4. Gradgrindish
  5. Gradgrindism
  6. Gradgrinds
  7. gradian
  8. gradians
  9. gradience
  10. gradiences
  11. gradient

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