Standard Lemma guide

naturism

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • nāʹchər-ĭz-əm
  • /ˈneɪ.t͡ʃəɹˌɪz.əm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nudism, Adamitism

Antonyms: clothism, textilism

2

noun

Meaning 2

The worship of the powers of nature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

going without clothes as a social practice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nudism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: practice, pattern

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French naturisme. By surface analysis, natur(e) + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: анатуризм (anatʼurizm) — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Arabic: مذهب العري — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Bengali: নগ্নতাবাদ (nognotabad) — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Breton: naturegezh — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Catalan: naturisme — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裸體主義 /裸体主义 (luǒtǐzhǔyì) — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Finnish: nudismi — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Finnish: naturismi — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • French: naturisme — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Galician: naturismo — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Georgian: ნატურიზმი (naṭurizmi) — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • German: Naturismus — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Greek: γυμνισμός (gymnismós) — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Italian: naturismo — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Japanese: ヌーディズム — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Norwegian Bokmål: naturisme — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: naturisme — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Portuguese: naturismo — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Romanian: naturism — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Russian: натуризм (naturizm) — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Sinhalese: ස්වභාවාදය (swabhāwādaya) — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Spanish: naturismo — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Swedish: naturism — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Ukrainian: натуризм (naturyzm) — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa khỏa thân — the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad
  • Abkhaz: анатуризм (anatʼurizm) — the belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent
  • Catalan: naturisme — the belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天然主義 /天然主义 (tiānránzhǔyì) — the belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent
  • Finnish: naturismi — the belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent
  • Georgian: ნატურიზმი (naṭurizmi) — the belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent
  • Romanian: naturism — the belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent
  • Russian: натуризм (naturizm) — the belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent