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hygienism en · NOUN

Etymology

From hygiene + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The practice of hygiene.
    • The new hygienism beginning in the 1890s, on the other hand, dealt with the most private and intimate: clothing, the bedroom, personal cleanliness. 2005, Miriam R. Levin, Cultures of Control, page 96: