nudity

noun

Definition of nuditynext
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 The nudity in the movies, if one were to get analytical about these things, actually had a purpose beyond titillation. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 The nudity is also more gratuitous and the counselors more obnoxious. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 What follows is the sequence that earned You Can See Everything its R for graphic nudity. — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026 Continue reading … NAKED TRUTH — Oscar nominee admits feeling pressured into nudity at 19 to protect her job. — FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 But much like the way studios and directors of the 1960s and ’70s embraced the once-taboo profanity and nudity, this year AI has found a new wave of advocates eager to go public. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 But that brief flash of cartoon baby nudity continues to bother prudes, decades after the book’s first run. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 The Love Hypothesis Rated R for language, brief nudity and painfully unsexy dialogue. — Chris Azzopardi, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2026 Running for 12 seasons, spanning more than a decade, NYPD Blue was famous (and infamous) thanks to its many controversial topics and scenes of nudity. — Keith Langston, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
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nude
Noun
  • Recognizing the fair’s growing status, galleries came equipped with significant works, including a 1917 Amedeo Modigliani nude which the Pace Di Donna Schrader Galleries was offering for upward of $100 million.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Over the weekend, the group dropped a couple more clips that show one of the main characters, Lucia, nude.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
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