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Revision as of 21:30, 21 May 2024
English
Etymology
impure + -ity. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impuritas.
Pronunciation
Noun
impurity (countable and uncountable, plural impurities)
- The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
- Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead.
- A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.
- 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
- A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
- With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
the condition of being impure
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a component or additive that renders something else impure
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a state of immorality
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