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SANITARINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being conducive to health
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sanitariness" is a kind of...):
sanitary condition (the state of sanitation (clean or dirty))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sanitariness"):
hygiene (a condition promoting sanitary practices)
antisepsis; asepsis; sterileness; sterility ((of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms)
sanitation (the state of being clean and conducive to health)
Antonym:
unsanitariness (a state that is not conducive to health)
Derivation:
sanitary (free from filth and pathogens)
