shirtlessness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

shirtless +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

shirtlessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of shirts.
    • 2002, Tom Warner, Never going back: a history of queer activism in Canada, page 312:
      An organizational crisis erupted, which resulted in reverting to a ban on all shirtlessness. Outraged, six gay men flouted the policy, arguing that shirtlessness was a question of liberation []