shirtlessness

English

Etymology

shirtless +‎ -ness

Noun

shirtlessness (uncountable)

1. Absence of shirts.
   • 2002, Tom Warner, Never going back: a history of queer activism in Canada, page 312:

     An organizational crisis erupted, which resulted in reverting to a ban on all shirtlessness. Outraged, six gay men flouted the policy, arguing that shirtlessness was a question of liberation […]