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tailorism

noun

Etymology

From tailor + -ism.

  1. derived from tālea — “a cutting”
  2. derived from tāliō
  3. derived from tailleor
  4. derived from taillour
  5. inherited from taillour
  6. suffixed as tailorism — “tailor + ism”

Definitions

  1. The work of a tailor

    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.

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