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When did the shift from being identified from a nudist to naturalist begin?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) January 8th, 2011

When did being a naturalist take preference over being a nudist? When I was a child if someone said they were a naturalist it usually meant they lived simple, grew their own food, was eco friendly, etc. Now reading articles on the Net and other places when naturalist are mentioned it is attached to people who care to live with out clothes. I can see the connection if you take that wearing clothes leaves you less then when you naturally came into the world. Did the swing to naturalist from nudist was because naturalist seem less like bucking the system and being controversial to being more of a positive life style? Does people still use the term or consider them selves to be nudist anymore?

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