Definitions for gradgrind
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gradgrind(Noun)
One who relies solely on scientific measurements and observable facts without taking human nature into consideration.
Origin: Thomas Gradgrind, a pedantic teacher in Dickens' Hard Times.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Gradgrind
a character in "Hard Times," who weighs and measures everything by a hard and fast rule and makes no allowances.
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