Anticorset
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Anticorset is an adjective meaning Opposing the wearing of corsets.
Meaning
Opposing the wearing of corsets.
Example Sentences
Alcott, quite possibly influenced by his female colleagues, embraced a women's issue when he urged the founding of anticorset societies, whose members "signed the pledge" not to wear them.
From the Reverend Saltzmann, who offered a prize for the best anticorset essay in 1788, via Soemmerring's winning the award, via the burning of the corset by pan-Germanic student fraternities in 1817 […]
The S-curve blunted the athleticism and mobility of the Gibson girl, and the obvious manipulation of the body necessary to create the S-curve silhouette was an easy target for anticorset agitation which defended the "natural" body.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include becorseted, corseletted, corseleted, corsletted, anti-burka, bebelted.
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