Naturism vs. Nation

Naturism vs. Nation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Naturism and Nation

Naturismnoun

The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.

Nationnoun

A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

The Roma are a nation without a country.The Kurdish people constitute a nation in the Middle East

Naturismnoun

The worship of the powers of nature.

Nationnoun

A sovereign state.

Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.

Naturismnoun

going without clothes as a social practice

Nationnoun

An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity. t

Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, nations are now largely restricted to the ancient universities of Sweden and Finland.
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Nationnoun

(obsolete) A great number; a great deal.

Nationnoun

(rare) Damnation.

Nationadverb

Extremely, very.

Nationnoun

a politically organized body of people under a single government;

the state has elected a new presidentAfrican nationsstudents who had come to the nation's capitolthe country's largest manufactureran industrialized land

Nationnoun

the people who live in a nation or country;

a statement that sums up the nation's moodthe news was announced to the nationthe whole country worshipped him

Nationnoun

a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes);

the Shawnee nation
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Nationnoun

United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)