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NUDITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nudity mean?
• NUDITY (noun)
The noun NUDITY has 1 sense:
1. the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
Familiarity information: NUDITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("nudity" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nudity"):
nude (without clothing (especially in the phrase 'in the nude'))
altogether; birthday suit; raw (informal terms for nakedness)
undress (partial or complete nakedness)
bareness (the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body))
Derivation:
nude (completely unclothed)
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