nudism

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Recent Examples of nudism With growing curiosity around body liberation, nudism is becoming less uncommon. Essence, 26 Aug. 2025 The decision came after Gypsy Taub, a nudism activist, handed out fliers outside the courtroom with links to her website, which promotes a series of conspiracy theories. Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024 DePape, a former Green party member and nudism advocate who appears to have undergone a radical political conversion, had filled websites with these theories along with bigoted screeds directed at people of color, women, Jewish people and others. Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2022 Some Christian critics of nudism, including Mary Lowman of The Christian Working Woman, see the lifestyle as an affront to God. Jeremy Lindenfeld, San Antonio Express-News, 7 July 2022
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naturism
Noun
  • This means visitors can enjoy the beach with or without clothing—practicing naturism is entirely optional.
    Disha Kalyankar, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In the nineteen-fifties and sixties, naturism came to be associated less with medicine than with pleasure.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2024

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