toplessness

noun

as in nudity

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Recent Examples of toplessness Johnson's exuberance bubbled over in the locker room — though there was an apparent method to his toplessness. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toplessness
  1. nudity
  2. nakedness
  3. nude
  4. altogether
Noun
  • And those rules involve nudity and drinking, along with pets, cooking and spending the night.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • Viewers complained when the station canceled a PBS program on rock music that contained brief nudity.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2026
Definition of nudity
Noun
  • But the figurine’s nakedness could have been more practical than erotic – to show bodily changes during pregnancy, for instance.
    — Anna Swartwood House, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Alas, a child exposed the collective delusion and the emperor’s nakedness.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of nakedness
Noun
  • The floral design feels like a happy medium between the glitzy, maximalist designs that have taken over this season and the soft, barely there nudes on the other end of the trend spectrum.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 27 July 2026
  • Where milky pink, chrome nudes and baby blue hues once reigned supreme, bolder — arguably edgier — shades such as tomato red, midnight blue, plum and inky black have emerged.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Definition of nude
Noun
  • According to my calculations, the White House methodology yields the absurd conclusion that eliminating the corporate tax altogether would boost annual household wages by up to $20,000.
    — Jason Furman, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2017
Definition of altogether

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