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 without clothes, often for reasons of health.
  • noun One who believes in the doctrine of naturism, 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

  • Surfing the Net to find a nature camp for my kids, I typed in "naturist" and stumbled onto a list of nudist camps.

    Holly Robinson: Two Women Bare It All 2009

  • At any rate, this store is one of them that sells all kind of naturist stuff, vitamins, and the like.

    statin meds in Mexico 2005

  • 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

  • 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

  • Not many people know of their 'naturist' inclinations.

    Daily News & Analysis 2009

  • 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

  • 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.

    TV highlights 12/01/2012 2012

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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  • 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.

    (Character misuses "naturalist" for "naturism.")

    May 30, 2016