naturist

See also: naturalist

English

Etymology

nature +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪt͡ʃəɹɪst/

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Noun

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.)

Related terms

• naturism

Translations

one who prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of health

• Abkhaz: анатурист (anatʼuristʼ)
• Dutch: naturist (nl) n
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• Finnish: naturisti (fi)
• French: naturiste (fr) m or f
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• German: Naturist m, Naturistin f
• Italian: naturista (it)
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• Russian: натурист (ru) m (naturist), натуристка (ru) f (naturistka)
• Spanish: naturisto m, naturista f

one who believes in the doctrine of naturism, which attributes everything to nature

• Abkhaz: анатурист (anatʼuristʼ)
• Romanian: naturist (ro) m, naturistă f

Adjective

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.

Translations

Of or relating to naturism

• French: naturiste (fr) m or f
• German: naturistisch
• Romanian: naturist (ro)
• Russian: натуристский (naturistskij)

Derived terms

• anarchist naturist
• anarcho-naturist
• naturist anarchism
• naturist anarchist

 

Anagrams

• Tuinstra, anti-rust, antirust

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French naturiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnaː.tyˈrɪst/

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

Noun

naturist m (plural naturisten)

1. A naturist.

   Synonym: nudist

Derived terms

• naturistisch

Related terms

• naturisme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French naturiste.

Adjective

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

1. naturist

Declension

Declension of naturist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	naturist		naturistă	naturiști	naturiste
	definite	naturistul		naturista	naturiștii	naturistele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	naturist		naturiste	naturiști	naturiste
	definite	naturistului		naturistei	naturiștilor	naturistelor