naturist

English

noun
Definitions
  • One who follows a 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.
  • One who believes in the doctrine of naturism, which attributes everything to nature.

Etymology

Suffix from English nature root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

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Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

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