Gradgrind

English Etymology From Gradgrind Thomas Gradgrind, a pedantic teacher in Charles Dickens' Hard Times (novel) Hard Times (1854). Noun One who relies solely on scientific measurements and observable facts without taking human nature into consideration. en 5 June 1860 32 The Atlantic Monthly Representative Art https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/9486/pg9486.html 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. en 1905 w:A Modern Utopia w:H. G. Wells https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6424/pg6424-images.html “I was purring. I'm a Gradgrind—it's quite right—anything you can say about Herbert Spencer, vivisectors, materialistic Science or Atheists, applies without correction to me. Begbie away! But now you think better of a modern Utopia? Was the lady looking well?” en 1916 The Ear in the Wall w:Arthur B. Reeve https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5150/pg5150.html He was a veritable Gradgrind for facts, facts, facts. Derived terms en Gradgrindery en Gradgrindian en Gradgrindish en Gradgrindism en eponyms terms derived from Dickensian works en Fictional characters People Sciences