Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The belief in or practice of going nude, especially in nonsexual social settings and as part of a conscious choice of lifestyle.
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- noun The belief in, or practice of going
nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun going without clothes as a social practice
Etymologies
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Examples
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American law guarantees people the freedom to engage in nudism, but that doesn't mean that nudism is a "value" of American law, or that the protection of nudism has "imposed" anything on people who wear clothes, or that the protection of nudism has turned those who think people ought to wear clothes into bigots.
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In Spain the nudism is legal, it is only ilegal if you do obscene acts and ther are minors watching
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Martin and his supporters argue that nudism is unhealthy, especially for children, unless it occurs in a proper Christian context.
Boing Boing: December 18, 2005 - December 24, 2005 Archives 2005
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Because to us, our nudism is a part of our religion.
pay no attention to the man with the camera impetuousme 2006
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I can't even see the second pic because it is blocked by my work internet content blocker due to "nudism", apparently!
Choose the Cake Wrecks Cover! Jen 2009
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I must confessed, I was completely unaware that “nudism” was in the “liberal agenda”.
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Her parents were well-off, and Kate did attend Bryn Mawr, but dinner-table conversations in the Hepburn household did not re-volve around teas and tennis but, rather, feminism, Marxism, Fabian - ism, even nudism.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Shirley Temple and H.L. Mencken Hit Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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Her parents were well-off, and Kate did attend Bryn Mawr, but dinner-table conversations in the Hepburn household did not re-volve around teas and tennis but, rather, feminism, Marxism, Fabian - ism, even nudism.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Shirley Temple and H.L. Mencken Hit Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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In Mr. Barthel's homeland, nudism had taken root among young people as an expression of physical fitness and harmony with nature.
Wearing Only a Smile, Nudists Seek Out the Young and the Naked Douglas Belkin 2011
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Our children will grow up to embrace the “natural” life styles of vegetarianism, veganism and nudism not to mention “free love” and a type of cultural hedonism that would embarrass Hugh Hefner.
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