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From natural + -ista. Compare natural (“hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated”). Piecewise doublet of naturalist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
naturalista
Today it means: A person with Afro-textured hair who embraces their natural hairstyle; a follower of the natural hair movement. Full definition →