noun
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the state or fact of being nude; nakedness
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rare a nude figure, esp in art
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Etymology
Origin of nudity
From the Latin word nūditās, dating back to 1605–15. See nude, -ity
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The look has become so ubiquitous among celebrities that last year the Cannes Film Festival adopted a no nudity policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Social media companies and authorities are failing women by focusing on nudity rather than consent when dealing with image-based abuse, according to a new report by gender justice organisation Chayn.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Katy ISD implemented broader criteria for books to be pulled for review this school year, now including "nudity" in the definition of inappropriate material.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023
Ving, who is working to help identify artists for the shop’s murals, said he’s modified the project’s guidelines to not allow religion, racism or depictions of violence, in addition to profanity or nudity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
The discovery of the New World had fatally undermined any claim that there are some things on which all human beings can agree—here were societies practising nudity and cannibalism.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"The world's all title-page; there's no contents; The world's all face; the man who shows his heart, Is hooted for his nudities, and scorned."
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper
The worthy Bailies and the Chief Constable who drew the line at Leighton and Solomon have overlooked the interesting nudities in their own Galleries.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
Studying the heroic nudities and noble attitudes of this bas-relief, Niccola rediscovered the right way of art—not by merely copying his model, but by divining the secret of the grand style.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds
He likewise passed Venuses, Eves, Truths, all nudities, without remark or pause, acquainted of old with the simple-minded prudery of certain Americans, and not disrespectful to it.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
A tinted haze made dreamy all remotenesses, an veiled with illusions of colour the rugged nudities of rock.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn
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