Nude-in

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A form of peaceful protest involving nudity originating in 1960s counterculture.

    "The fact that nudity was a cultural taboo meant that it could provide a vehicle for dissent. Sometimes the dissent was generalized, as in the case of public nude-ins. Nudity outraged the majority of citizens, and that was reason enough for it."

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"The fact that nudity was a cultural taboo meant that it could provide a vehicle for dissent. Sometimes the dissent was generalized, as in the case of public nude-ins. Nudity outraged the majority of citizens, and that was reason enough for it."

Etymology

From nude + -in, modelled after sit-in, etc.

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