English Dictionary

Adamitism

名詞

不可算名詞 廃用

Any of a variety of Christian sects or cults that advocated nudity as an expression of human perfection. / (obsolete) The advocacy or practice of public nudity; nudism.

日本語の意味

裸体を人間の完成の表現として推奨するキリスト教系宗派やカルトのこと / （古語）公衆の場での裸体主義、ヌーディズムを提唱または実践すること

Historians studying religious radicalism often examine Adamitism to understand how ideas of purity became tied to communal practices.

宗教的過激主義を研究する歴史家は、裸体を人間の完成の表現として唱えたさまざまなキリスト教の宗派をしばしば調べ、純潔の観念が共同体の慣習とどのように結びついたかを理解しようとする。

意味（1）

Any of a variety of Christian sects or cults that advocated nudity as an expression of human perfection.

He ordered them both to strip to the skin, then addressed them as follows: "That as he perceived that neither of them had any religion before, 'twas proper they should begin to have some, and therefore out of charity to their souls, he had converted them to Adamitism.

意味（2）

(obsolete) The advocacy or practice of public nudity; nudism.

It was easy enough to leave off drinking sugar in her tea, but it was difficult to leave off materials constructed of cotton, and Miss Congreve was driven to the verge of Adamitism.