IMPURENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The condition of being impure

Synonyms:

impureness; impurity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("impureness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impureness"):

adulteration; debasement (being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating)

admixture; alloy (the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something)

contamination; taint (the state of being contaminated)

dirtiness (the state of containing dirty impurities)

putridity (the state of being putrid)

pollution (undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities)

Derivation:

impure (having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws)

impure (combined with extraneous elements)