nudismn.
/ˈnjuːdɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uˌdɪz(ə)m/ The practice of going unclothed whenever possible; advocacy of this practice; naturism.The term nudism is regarded as derogatory by some practitioners of naturism.
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1857 Evangelical Repository (Philadelphia) Sept. 199 The impure expressions with which plays often abound,..flirtations between male and female performers, dancing, and the habit of nudism.
1918 W. M. McKinney Consolidated Laws N.Y., Annotated LXVII. Gen. Index 177/1 Nudism, (See Indecency).
1929 Time 1 July 23/1 Made in Germany, imported to France, is the cult of Nudism, a mulligan stew of vegetarianism, physical culture and pagan worship.
1931 F. Merrill & M. Merrill Among Nudists xvi. 233 In spite of their [sc. the French bourgeoisie's] modesty on the subject, nudism is growing in France.
1935 Punch 19 June 721/1 ‘A real tent... Think of the saving. Hotel bills, nothing. Meals, practically nothing. Clothes, nothing whatever.’ ‘Pamela,’ I said imploringly, ‘not Nudism.’
1973 Guardian 28 June 6/1 The principles of nudism.
1987 P. Fussell Taking it all off in Balkans in Thank God for Atom Bomb (1990) 173 It's a good place to experience,..the manners and unwritten rules governing communal naturism. Or nudism, as it used to be called.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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