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nudist

nudist

28 6.0
A person who chooses not to wear clothes in public or group settings like beaches
  • noun
  • /ˈnuːdɪst/
  • NSFW
: nudista
  • Many people enjoy sunbathing at the nudist beach during the summer.
  • nudist camp

New TLC show by naked about nudists will only show bare rear ends.

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Examples

  • If you run out of steam, there's always the nudist beach just along the coast.

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  • Nudist colonies are everywhere these days.

  • And this is a nudist beach on the other side of the island.

  • This is a nudist beach.

  • I was raised an outdoor nudist.

  • Spring's plans for a normal life with Sam quickly change when her nudist mother moves in.

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  • How do you manage being a nudist with the grandkids?

  • There is a nudist ping-pong club in Silver Lake

  • He was, as it turned out, a well known nudist in San Francisco.

  • The Society of American Nudists and Streakers is firmly behind us.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

naturist
vsnudist
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A person who chooses to be naked for health, relaxation, or religion

chooses to be unclothed mainly in social settings rather than as a full lifestyle

Antonyms

37 1.0

Wearing clothes to cover the body

How Public

exhibitionist
  • Offensive
3 8.2
nudist
  • NSFW
28 6.0

Surface Forms

nudist singular
nudists plural

Morphology

nudist = nude (transparent) = nude + ist

The meaning is directly derivable from 'nude' plus the common agentive suffix '-ist', meaning a person associated with or practicing nudity.

Etymology

The word nudist comes from the word nude, which in turn comes from an old Latin word nudus meaning 'bare'. The ending -ist means 'a person who does something', as in artist, so a nudist is literally a person who chooses to be 'bare' or without clothes.