BK Blog Post
Gradgrind
Posted by
Jeevan Sivasubramaniam,
Managing Director, Editorial,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.
Gradgrind (noun):One who is only interested in cold, hard facts.
Gradgrind (noun):One who is only interested in cold, hard facts. The word comes from the Dickens novel "Hard Times" in which a character named Thomas Gradgrind operates entirely on the basis of facts and calculations.
"If you think that you'll find airy, poetic types in publishing houses, I regret to inform you that you will only find financial gradgrinds."
"If you think that you'll find airy, poetic types in publishing houses, I regret to inform you that you will only find financial gradgrinds."
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