Gradgrindery

English Etymology en :af Gradgrind -ery + 1 Noun - Impatient technical pedantry that dismisses human factors, especially regarding education. en Constructing Public Opinion: How Political Elites Do What They Like and Why We Seem to Go Along with It Justin Lewis 2001 For others, the process of reducing words to numbers is like sucking the life out of language, a remorseless exercise in Gradgrindery whose limited worldview masquerades as objectivity and universal truth. en John Bull Obituary: Tony Neville The Guardian 2007-04-18 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/apr/18/obituaries.mainsection 0261-3077 Tony often contrasted the humanistic ideals of his heroes and teachers with the dry, bureaucratic Gradgrindery which he felt characterised many attempts at educational "reform". en Ian Barge Children must learn to question, not simply obey The Guardian 2013-11-07 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/07/children-learn-question-not-simply-obey 0261-3077 Polly Toynbee is spot on in her excoriation of Govian Gradgrindery. The inevitable marginalisation of the supposedly "soft" arts subjects in the state sector is a scandal. en eponyms terms derived from Dickensian works