enclothe

[en-klohth]

verb (used with object)

enclothed, enclothing 

1. clothe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enclothe¹

First recorded in 1825–35; en- ¹ + clothe

Example Sentences

Still, return-to-office dressing remains a social experiment, said Adam Galinsky, a social psychologist at Columbia Business School who coined the term “enclothed cognition,” or how what people wear affects how they think.

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Patrick Fagan, a consumer psychologist at Goldsmiths, University of London, says it is about enclothed cognition and the idea that “what we wear has a profound psychological impact on how we behave”.

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Researchers even have term for it: "enclothed cognition."

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She also believes "enclothed cognition" - the idea that clothes help determine a person's behaviour - may have had a role in the popularity of activewear.

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Call it superficial if you want, but researchers have a different name for the link between what we wear and how we feel: enclothed cognition.

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