单词 | naturism |
释义 | naturismn. 1. The belief that only natural (as opposed to supernatural or spiritual) laws and forces operate in the world; = naturalism n. 2. Hence (in later use): amorality. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > naturalism > [noun] naturalism1750 descendentalism1833 nature philosophy1842 naturism1847 1847 O. A. Brownson Wks. V. 531 The rejection of..grace, and the assertion, if the word may be permitted us, of mere naturism. 1875 T. J. Rice Departure 351 Of all that is of any practical value in the Christian system of religion, not only is said rule [of Confucius] the foundation, but of broader and more advanced Naturism, it is also the rock. 1959 Shakespeare Q. 10 235 A period of ‘naturism’ or ‘humanitarian rationalism’ rising in the 17th and 18th centuries and becoming fully dominant in the 19th. 1977 A. Sheridan tr. J. Lacan Écrits vi. 190 Naturism..has no other principle than the notion of gratification and its obverse, frustration. 1992 i-D July 56/1 The critique of Rousseauist liberalism by the savage naturism of de Sade. ΚΠ 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 573/1 Naturism, naturalism, a view which attributes everything to nature as a sage, prescient and sanative entity. 3. Belief in, or worship of, divinity in nature or in natural creatures or phenomena. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of nature physiolatry1818 nature-worship1820 paganism1854 naturism1880 physitism1885 1880 Appletons' Jrnl. Jan. 67 The Vedic hymns mark an upward tendency of the religious feeling from naturism to theism. 1891 B. S. Colyer-Fergusson tr. P. D. Chantepie de la Saussaye Man. Sci. Relig. xiii. 103 Better with Reville to separate worship of nature (which he calls naturism) from animism. 1907 Q. Rev. July 183 This anterior stage, which is implicit in the animal is naturism, by which is to be understood the conception of power everywhere; power vague but immanent, as yet unclothed with supernatural or personal attributes. 1965 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Theories Primitive Relig. iii. 54 As for naturism (the nature-myth school), was religion to be explained any more satisfactorily as a disease of language..than as a false inference from dreams and trances? 1987 Man 22 454 Naturism and animism can still be traced in modern anthropology. 4. A natural way of life, esp. as characterized by the practice of communal nudity; advocacy of or belief in this way of life. Cf. nudism n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [noun] > nudism or naturism nudism1857 naturism1933 1933 Gymnos Nov. 18/1 This book..is the first serious attempt to link Nudism with..Naturism, and Feminism. 1961 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 11/2 Delegates..at the annual conference of the British Sun Bathing Association..agreed..to substitute ‘naturism’ for ‘nudism’. 1989 Holiday Which? Mar. 89/3 This is one of Europe's best-known spots for naturism. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 16 July Features 12 For sale: Machine for living in. One previous architect... One extremely large window. Would suit couple interested in health, efficiency and indoor naturism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847 |
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