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nudism

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈnjuːdɪzəm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈnudɪzəm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: naturism, Adamitism

Antonyms: clothism, textilism

2

noun

Meaning 2

going without clothes as a social practice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: naturism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: practice, pattern

History

Etymology

From French nudisme. By surface analysis, nude + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: анудизм (anudizm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Albanian: nudizëm — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Arabic: عُرْيَانِيَّة (ʕuryāniyya) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Arabic: مَذْهَب الْعُرْي (maḏhab al-ʕury) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Arabic: مذهب العري — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Armenian: նուդիզմ (nudizm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Armenian: մերկապաշտություն (merkapaštutʻyun) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Asturian: nudismu — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Azerbaijani: nudizm — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Basque: naturismo — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Belarusian: нуды́зм (nudýzm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Bengali: নগ্নতাবাদ (nognotabad) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Bulgarian: нуди́зъм (nudízǎm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Catalan: nudisme — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裸體主義 /裸体主义 (luǒtǐzhǔyì) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天然主義 /天然主义 (tiānránzhǔyì) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Cornish: diwiskieth — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Crimean Tatar: nudizem — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Crimean Tatar: nudizm — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Czech: nudismus — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Danish: nudisme — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Dutch: nudisme — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Esperanto: nudismo — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Estonian: nudism — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Finnish: nudismi — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • French: nudisme — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Galician: nudismo — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Georgian: ნუდიზმი (nudizmi) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • German: Nudismus — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • German: Freikörperkultur — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • German: FKK — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • German: Fraikörperkultur — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Greek: γυμνισμός (gymnismós) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Hebrew: נוּדִיזְם (nudízm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Hindi: नग्नतावाद (nagnatāvād) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Hindi: नग्नवाद (nagnavād) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Hindi: न्युडिज़्म (nyuḍizm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Hungarian: nudizmus — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Irish: nochtachas — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Italian: nudismo — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Japanese: ヌーディズム (nūdizumu) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Japanese: 裸体主義 (rataishugi) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Kazakh: нудизм (nudizm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Korean: 나체주의 (nachejuui) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Korean: 라체주의 (rachejuui) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Korean: 누디즘 (nudijeum) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Northern Kurdish: tazîtî — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Kyrgyz: нудизм (nudizm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Latin: nudismus — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Latin: gymnismus — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Latvian: nūdisms — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Lithuanian: nudizmas — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Macedonian: нуди́зам (nudízam) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Marathi: नग्नतावाद (nagnatāvād) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Eastern Mari: нудизм (nudizm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nudisme — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Ossetian: нудизм (nudizm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Persian: برهنهگرایی (berahne-garâyi) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Persian: نودیسم (nudism) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Picard: nudisme — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Polish: nudyzm — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Portuguese: nudismo — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Romanian: nudism — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Russian: нуди́зм (nudízm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Scots: nudism — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Serbo-Croatian: нудѝзам — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Serbo-Croatian: nudìzam — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Sinhalese: ස්වභාවාදය (swabhāwādaya) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Slovak: nudizmus — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Slovene: nudizem — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Spanish: nudismo — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Swedish: nudism — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Tajik: нудизм (nudizm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Tatar: нудизм (nudizm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Turkish: nudizm — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Turkmen: nudizm — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Ukrainian: нуди́зм (nudýzm) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Urdu: عُرْیانِیَت ('uryāniyat) — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Uzbek: nudizm — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa khỏa thân — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Welsh: noethlymuniaeth — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity
  • Zazaki: nudizm — the belief in or practice of social, non-sexual nudity