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Meaning of tailorism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The work of a tailor; tailoring.

uncountable

Examples

“[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; […]”

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

tailorman Tailors tailorship tailory tailout Tailpiece