as in nudity
the state of having no clothes on one's body
the sadistic guards took full advantage of the prisoner's nakedness to torment and humiliate him
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Recent Examples of nakedness
Alas, a child exposed the collective delusion and the emperor’s nakedness.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Richie stood there in a state of shock and semi-nakedness, staring down at the remains of his former attire.
—Patrick F. McManus, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2025
Though public nakedness isn’t completely gone, many of the everyday spots where Americans once encountered unclothed bodies—locker rooms, school showers, public pools, bathhouses—have either vanished or shifted away from collective nudity.
—Jacob Beckert, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
There’s the child, now grown, who sits near the bed, pretending to read but in fact is keeping restless watch; the child’s awkwardness in front of the parent’s nakedness; the fentanyl patches, for the last stations of pain.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Like John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese, Jaglom knows how to push a scene into realms of such emotional nakedness that the viewer starts to feel like a voyeur looking in on relationships that are none of his or her business.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
As the show concluded (after a few changes in between), the star wore this structural, iridescent latex bodysuit and winged jacket by Vex, getting closer to the nakedness of her true self.
—EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Richie stood there in a state of shock and semi-nakedness, staring down at the remains of his former attire.
—Patrick F. McManus, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2025
Though public nakedness isn’t completely gone, many of the everyday spots where Americans once encountered unclothed bodies—locker rooms, school showers, public pools, bathhouses—have either vanished or shifted away from collective nudity.
—Jacob Beckert, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
There’s the child, now grown, who sits near the bed, pretending to read but in fact is keeping restless watch; the child’s awkwardness in front of the parent’s nakedness; the fentanyl patches, for the last stations of pain.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Like John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese, Jaglom knows how to push a scene into realms of such emotional nakedness that the viewer starts to feel like a voyeur looking in on relationships that are none of his or her business.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
As the show concluded (after a few changes in between), the star wore this structural, iridescent latex bodysuit and winged jacket by Vex, getting closer to the nakedness of her true self.
—EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nakedness
Noun
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Apple also pointed to a feature the company offers called Communication Safety that warns children and blurs the image when nudity is detected while receiving or attempting to send content and displays a warning.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The finale, which focuses on a single subject (obsessed with and thus defensive of his own public nudity), comes closest to escaping a steady stream of antagonization and painting a nuanced portrait of what’s keeping a range of Americans from finding community.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In order to rule in her favor, jurors will have to parse the harmful actions of fellow users — including her high school bullies and adult men sending her unsolicited nudes — from design decisions made by the companies themselves.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Focusing on Mapplethorpe’s aesthetic research, the exhibition features over 200 works, tracing the evolution of Mapplethorpe’s visual language through themes like portraits, self-portraits, flowers and nudes.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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