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rational dress

rational dress noun: practical, comfortable clothing proposed in the Victorian era as an alternative to the fashions of that time.

Noun

rational dress (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Practical, comfortable clothing proposed in the Victorian era as an alternative to the fashions of that time.

Questions about rational dress

What does rational dress mean?
Rational dress means practical, comfortable clothing proposed in the Victorian era as an alternative to the fashions of that time.
What part of speech is rational dress?
Rational dress is a noun.

Words near rational dress in the dictionary

  1. rationable
  2. rationably
  3. rational
  4. rational basis review
  5. rational choice theory
  6. rational dress
  7. rational egoism
  8. rational egoist
  9. rational egoists
  10. rational function
  11. rational functions

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