as in nude
the state of having no clothes on one's body
actors who don't turn down roles that call for nudity
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Recent Examples of nudity
Either way, there’s something wholesome about this movement, despite the partial nudity.
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Justin Williams, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Naked bike rides as a form of protest are not uncommon in major cities across the USA, and in Oregon, public nudity is considered a legal form of protest.
—Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Rudolph revealed that there was almost some real nudity on set.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
This spooky and intense experience features nudity, violence and strong language, so leave the kids at home.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Here, Fargeat reframes the typical rape-revenge tropes with the female gaze, culminating in a scene of full-frontal male nudity that completely upends the traditional gender dynamics.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Other app users could license these likenesses in small, trackable uses, adhering to rules set by rights holders (no nudity, for example) and paying them for each use.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2025
The veil is the nudity and the sexuality.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
There was no nudity involved, which may have contributed to the decision.
—Rachel Choy, Refinery29, 14 Oct. 2025
Justin Williams, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Naked bike rides as a form of protest are not uncommon in major cities across the USA, and in Oregon, public nudity is considered a legal form of protest.
—Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Rudolph revealed that there was almost some real nudity on set.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
This spooky and intense experience features nudity, violence and strong language, so leave the kids at home.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Here, Fargeat reframes the typical rape-revenge tropes with the female gaze, culminating in a scene of full-frontal male nudity that completely upends the traditional gender dynamics.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Other app users could license these likenesses in small, trackable uses, adhering to rules set by rights holders (no nudity, for example) and paying them for each use.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2025
The veil is the nudity and the sexuality.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
There was no nudity involved, which may have contributed to the decision.
—Rachel Choy, Refinery29, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nudity
nude
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Chiles’ other shoe of choice so far has been the Arika Nerguiz Alameda style in a light nude.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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According to the Morgan, Renoir used the female nude as a way to explore the representation of form across media.—
Jane Levere,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Nudity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nudity. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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