naturist

nature +‎ -ist

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪt͡ʃəɹɪst/

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naturist (plural naturists)

1. One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.

   Synonym: nudist

   Antonyms: clothist, textilist

2. One who believes in the doctrine of naturism, which attributes everything to nature.
   • 1686 (indicated as 1685–1686), Robert Boyle, “A Free Inquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature: […]”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. […], volume IV, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1744, →OCLC, section V, page 387, column 1:

     I have thought fit to lay dovvn the tvvo foregoing limitations, […] partly becauſe they contain ſomething, that may be added to vvhat hath been lately repreſented on behalf of the divine providence (as it falls under the naturiſt’s conſideration.)

• naturism

naturist (comparative more naturist, superlative most naturist)

1. Of or relating to naturism, the philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of health, ecology, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.
2. Relating to or believing in the doctrine of naturism, which attributes everything to nature.

• Tuinstra, anti-rust, antirust

Borrowed from French naturiste.

• IPA^(key): /ˌnaː.tyˈrɪst/

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• Hyphenation: na‧tu‧rist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

naturist m (plural naturisten)

1. A naturist.

   Synonym: nudist

• naturistisch

• naturisme

Borrowed from French naturiste.

naturist m or n (feminine singular naturistă, masculine plural naturiști, feminine and neuter plural naturiste)

1. naturist