nude-in
nude-in noun: a form of peaceful protest involving nudity originating in 1960s counterculture.
Noun
nude-in (plural nude-ins)
- 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.1991, Timothy Miller, The hippies and American values, University of Tennessee Press, →ISBN, page 61
Forms of nude-in
| plural | nude-ins |
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Origin of nude-in
From nude + -in, modelled after sit-in, etc.
Questions about nude-in
- What does nude-in mean?
- Nude-in means a form of peaceful protest involving nudity originating in 1960s counterculture.
- What part of speech is nude-in?
- Nude-in is a noun.
- What is the plural of nude-in?
- The plural of nude-in is nude-ins.
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