impurity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From impure + -ity. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impuritas.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, uncountable) A component or additive that renders something else impure.
The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.
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.
2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| impurities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Synonyms
corruption · peccability · contamination · obliquity · contaminator · impurity · iniquity · depravity · depravedness · wickedness · adulterator · baseness · lewdity · sin · impurity · pollutant · contaminant · depravity · perversion · misguilt · depravation · degradation · taint · defilement · wrongdoing · adulterant · contamination · impureness · pollution · degeneracy · taint · vitiation · wickedness · misdoing · sophisticant · malignity · perversion · sinfulness · adulterant · pollution · pravity · turpitude
Translations (64)
nl onreinheid (a state of immorality) · nl bezoedeling (a state of immorality) · ru загрязне́ние (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · la impūritās (the condition of being impure) · hu szennyeződés (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · de Unreinheit (the condition of being impure) · de Unreinheit (a state of immorality) · cmn 不潔 /不洁 (the condition of being impure) · ru при́месь (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · pt impureza (the condition of being impure) · pt impuridade (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · nb urenhet (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · nl onzuiverheid (the condition of being impure) · fi epäpuhtaus (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · ja 汚れ (a state of immorality) · uk до́мішка (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · nl onreinheid (the condition of being impure) · tl kaditagnasan (the condition of being impure) · es impureza (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · ru нечистопло́тность (a state of immorality) · ja 不純 (the condition of being impure) · grc ἀκαθαρσία (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · ro impuritate (the condition of being impure) · cmn 雜質 /杂质 (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · pt impureza (a state of immorality) · fi epäpuhtaus (a state of immorality) · ja 汚れ (the condition of being impure) · de Verunreinigung (the condition of being impure) · fr impureté (the condition of being impure) · nl bezoedeling (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · ro necurățenie (the condition of being impure) · de Fremdkörper (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · sa रेपस् (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · pt impuridade (the condition of being impure) · ca impuresa (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · tr safsızlık (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · es impuridad (the condition of being impure) · el ανηθικότητα (a state of immorality) · mk глотеж (the condition of being impure) · pt impudor (a state of immorality) · es impuridad (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · bg замърсяване (the condition of being impure) · nb ureinhet (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · mk примесност (the condition of being impure) · pt impureza (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · hu erkölcstelenség (a state of immorality) · pl nieczystość (the condition of being impure) · ca impuresa (the condition of being impure) · bg нецеломъдреност (a state of immorality) · got 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹 (the condition of being impure) · gu અશુદ્ધિ (the condition of being impure) · ko 불순물 (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · tr katışıklık (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · hu tisztátalanság (the condition of being impure) · bg онечистване (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · mk нечистотија (the condition of being impure) · nl onzuiverheid (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · got 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 (the condition of being impure) · ja 不純物 (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · el ρύπος (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · mk примеса (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · fi epäpuhtaus (the condition of being impure) · de Unreinheit (a component or additive that renders something else impure) · ru нечистота́ (the condition of being impure)