Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun . See the quotation.
- noun A physician who trusts entirely to nature to effect a cure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of naturism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
prefers to live withoutclothes , often for reasons ofhealth . - noun One who believes in the
doctrine ofnaturism , which attributes everything to nature.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
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Examples
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Surfing the Net to find a nature camp for my kids, I typed in "naturist" and stumbled onto a list of nudist camps.
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At any rate, this store is one of them that sells all kind of naturist stuff, vitamins, and the like.
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ANF president Werner Jacobs said his group, with 3000 members, was considering changing the group's name to 'naturist' instead of 'nudist' because of the bad publicity.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By KATE DENNEHY 2010
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ANF president Werner Jacobs said his group, with 3000 members, was considering changing the group's name to 'naturist' instead of 'nudist' because of the bad publicity.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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Not many people know of their 'naturist' inclinations.
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This visit was an unqualified disaster, worse than the time my parents arranged for Kara to spend a week at the commune with us while their “naturist” friends happened by for a visit.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Fortunately, C4 has sourced some fledgling nudists for this documentary, including 18-year-old Molly, who has already been on a few naked bike rides and is now keen to get her friends involved in the naturist movement.
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Meet kayak guide Roger Delafargue (0696-90-95-74; lagon-evasion.com) in the coconut grove on La Plage de L'Anse Michel, on the Atlantic coast near Sainte-Anne, and spend the morning paddling around shallow reefs and pale beaches (a few of them are naturist areas, if that's your thing) of La Baie des Anglais.
Take Monday Off: Martinique Chris Nuttall-Smith 2011
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This visit was an unqualified disaster, worse than the time my parents arranged for Kara to spend a week at the commune with us while their “naturist” friends happened by for a visit.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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This visit was an unqualified disaster, worse than the time my parents arranged for Kara to spend a week at the commune with us while their “naturist” friends happened by for a visit.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
MaryW commented on the word naturist
Kate Atkinson, Case Histories (New York: Little Brown & Co., 2004), p. 288.(Character misuses "naturalist" for "naturism.")
May 30, 2016