impurity means the condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.
Why this word is great
IMPURITY — [Noun] The condition or fact of being impure, whether through contamination, adulteration, or moral sin. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impūritās, from impūrus ("impure") + -itās ("-ity, state of"). Unlike "contamination," which implies the arrival of a specific, invasive pollutant, or "sin," which denotes a general transgression, impurity is the resultant and permeating *state* of compromised essence. It is the grit in the sugar, the dissonant note held too long in a hymn, and the faint, ineradicable taste of iron in the well water—a quiet testament to the irrevocable fact that nothing valued for its clarity can exist without the haunting possibility of its own corruption.
noun
- 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.”
- 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.”