tailorism en · NOUN
Etymology
From tailor + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The work of a tailor; tailoring.
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.
1927, The Reflex, volume 1, page 7:[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; […]
1843, Charles Knight, London, volumes 5-6, page 38: