person who practices nudism
from nude + -ist
Nudists believe clothes make the person - and they choose to be original!
The term emerged in early 20th-century movement culture but carries asymmetric gendered gaze in contemporary usage, with nude female bodies more scrutinized/sexualized than male equivalents.
Use 'naturist' as the formal term; 'nudist' acceptable in historical contexts. Consider context-specificity about whose nudity is discussed.
["naturist","body-positive practitioner"]
Women nudists and naturists historically fought against voyeurism; their reclamation of the term deserves recognition alongside naturism's gender-equity history.
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