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anticorset en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + corset.

Meanings

1. Opposing the wearing of corsets.
   • 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. 2001, Philip Scranton, Beauty and business: commerce, gender, and culture in modern America, page 112:
   • 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. 1991, Susan Cayleff, Wash and Be Healed: The Water-Cure Movement and Women's Health, page 14:
   • 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 […] 1979, New York Academy of Medicine, Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine (volume 55, issues 1-6)

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