Definitions

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  • noun Naturism. A person who practices nudism.
  • adjective Naturism. Encouraging or enforcing nudity, as opposed to clothing compulsive.

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  • noun a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion

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Examples

  • I read that in nudist colonies, everybody's expected to carry a towel with them wherever they go.

    MORE FROM GINNY BATES: SETTING UP HOUSE Maggie Jochild 2007

  • "If you are a long-term nudist or just curious about trying public nudity for the first time, have a look," he stated.

    dailyindia.com News Feed 2009

  • Republicans don’t believe in nudist colonies, they believe in hidden video cameras in women’s restrooms, dressing rooms and girls locker rooms.

    Think Progress » Van Jones to Glenn Beck: ‘I see you, and I love you, brother.’ (Updated) 2010

  • Not just for the phrase "teenage nudist" but for the word "daughter".

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Michael Deacon 2012

  • Sometimes the teen and David Zastrow, who has been referred to as a nudist, would play games together while naked and take showers together, according to the document.

    Bakersfield.com Latest news 2010

  • And it targets overseas guests by using key words -- "nudist," "naturist" and "hotel" -- in Dutch, French and Spanish.

    Size Matters: Small Is Good 2007

  • Her own mother was strict, Betty says, describing an incident in which her brother bought a "nudist" magazine and showed it to Betty.

    Pajiba 2010

  • It opened in 1946 as The Strand, with Hollywood features, became the Fine Arts in 1960, showing racy "nudist" films that evolved into pornography.

    CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News 2009

  • DEBORAH WAY: Let's be clear here: You're not advocating some kind of nudist revolution, correct?

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • In the quaint 1950s in the very Puritan U.S., there were "nudist" and "art photo" magazines that pushed the legal envelop and "men's" magazines explored how much of a woman's anatomy they could show and still stay at least one millimeter away from the legal limit.

    Sunbelt Blog Tom Kelchner 2009

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  • A middle-aged man was climbing out of the river onto the bank—bollock-naked and skinny and tanned all over. A nudist? They called themselves naturalists now, didn't they?
    Kate Atkinson, Case Histories (New York: Little Brown & Co., 2004), p. 288.

    May 30, 2016