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nude

(no͞od, nyo͞od)
adj. nud·er, nud·est
1. Having no clothing; naked.
2. Permitting or featuring full exposure of the body: a nude beach.
3. Having or being one of a variety of colors, such as pinkish beige, tan, or brown, that are similar to a skin tone. Used of clothing and makeup with respect to the skin tone of the wearer.
n.
1. An unclothed human figure, especially an artistic representation.
2. The condition of being unclothed.

[Latin nūdus; see nogw- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

nude′ly adv.
nu′di·ty (no͞o′dĭ-tē, nyo͞o′-), nude′ness n.
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nudity

(ˈnjuːdɪtɪ)
n, pl -ties
1. the state or fact of being nude; nakedness
2. (Art Terms) rare a nude figure, esp in art
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.nudity - the state of being without clothing or covering of any kindnudity - the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
nude - without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude'); "they swam in the nude"
altogether, birthday suit, raw - informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit"
undress - partial or complete nakedness; "a state of undress"
bareness - the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body)
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nudity

noun nakedness, undress, nudism, bareness, deshabille I object to the constant nudity and bad language on TV.
Related words
like nudomania, gymnomania
fear gymnophobia
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nudity

noun
The state of being without clothes:
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Translations
عُرْي، حالَة العُرْي
nuesa
nahota
nøgenhed
desnudeza
alastiolek
alastomuus
नंगापन
mezítelenségmeztelenségpőreségpucérságruhátlanság
nekt
裸体像
벌거숭이
nuditas
nuogumas
nagość
nuditate
çıplaklık

nudity

[ˈnjuːdɪtɪ] Ndesnudez f
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nudity

[ˈnjuːdɪti] nnudité f
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nudity

nNacktheit f; there’s a lot of nudity in this filmin diesem Film gibt es viele Nacktszenen
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nudity

[ˈnjuːdɪtɪ] nnudità
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nude

(njuːd) adjective
without clothes; naked.
noun
a photograph, picture etc of an unclothed human figure.
ˈnudism noun
the practice of not wearing clothes usually because it is thought to be healthy.
ˈnudist noun
ˈnudity noun
the state of not wearing clothes.
in the nude
without clothes.
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nudity

n. desnudez.
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References in classic literature ?
I was amused at the appearance of four or five old women who, in a state of utter nudity, with their arms extended flatly down their sides, and holding themselves perfectly erect, were leaping stiffly into the air, like so many sticks bobbing to the surface, after being pressed perpendicularly into the water.
Dim, flattened, constrained by their confinement, they had never appealed to her as now, when they wandered in the still air with a stark quality like that of nudity. To speak absolutely, both instrument and execution were poor; but the relative is all, and as she listened Tess, like a fascinated bird, could not leave the spot.
Meanwhile, architecture is tormented in her struggles to conceal this nudity. Look at the Greek pediment inscribed upon the Roman pediment, and vice versa.
From the dense foliage of a great tree he watched them pass--a disreputable mob of blacks, some garbed in the uniform of German East African native troops, others wearing a single garment of the same uniform, while many had reverted to the simple dress of their forbears--approximating nudity. There were many black women with them, laughing and talking as they kept pace with the men, all of whom were armed with German rifles and equipped with German belts and ammunition.
In one of the ornamented portions of the building, there is a figure of Justice; whereunto the Guide Book says, 'the artist at first contemplated giving more of nudity, but he was warned that the public sentiment in this country would not admit of it, and in his caution he has gone, perhaps, into the opposite extreme.' Poor Justice!
Mademoiselle Cormon raised her eyes, saw that skull in all its nudity, and lowered them, abashed.
In a bid to stem the current tide of public display of nudity and immorality among youths in Nigeria, the National Council of Women Societies and the National Council for Arts and Culture have decided to embark on far-reaching youth sensitisation initiatives.
Facebook has been forced to apologise after it censored posts by a breast cancer support firm, wrongly claiming it breached nudity guidelines.
The show got famous pretty early on for its nude scenes, but never lost its popularity even as the nudity became a lot less frequent in the fantasy drama.
Scholars of the Hebrew Bible present a handbook on clothing and nudity in it that combines thematic and textual studies and an introduction addressing methodological issues; the ancient Near East evidence; and lexicographic, anthropological, and theological aspects.
What is an acceptable request from a choreographer in terms of nudity? On the first day of shooting All That Jazz in the 1970s, Bob Fosse asked us men to remove everything but our jock straps and the women to remove their tops.
However, Pine felt strange about reactions to the nudity, disclosing, 'People want to talk about my penis like we're a bunch of teenagers playing spin the bottle.

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