Meaning of Gradgrindian | Babel Free
Definitions
Having a soulless devotion to facts and figures; inflexibly utilitarian.
Examples
“But today's winning businesses are positively Gradgrindian in their pursuit of the truth.”
“Whether one favours a Gradgrindian Thatcherism that removes all worker rights, or a Corbynista fantasy of wholesale nationalisation, we will find⟳ these are impossible, given the reach⟳ of the Brussels acquis.”
“But I have⟳ never quite got my head around my times tables, which I think⟳ are a Gradgrindian chanting fetish periodically revived by politicians who, if they are honest with themselves, have⟳ never really needed times tables either.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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