ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tailorism

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tailorism is a noun meaning The work of a tailor; tailoring.

Meaning

The work of a tailor; tailoring.

Example Sentences

The Yiddish Theatre had just begun to extricate itself from the claws of tailorism. Only since 1914 has there been a Yiddish daily not permeated by the spirit of tailorism, The Day.
[I]n the niches, instead of the effigies of mailed warriors, stood stuffed-out dresses, such as are worn by the fashionables of the day. […] It was a masterpiece of incongruity — blending in its forms Gothic romance with modern tailorism; […]

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