naturist

From 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.)

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