Synonyms for impurity
ɪmˈpyʊər ɪ tiim·pu·ri·ty

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1. impuritynoun

   Synonyms:
   impureness

   Antonyms:
   purity

2. impuritynoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   impureness

   Antonyms:
   purity

3. impuritynoun

   A component or additive that renders something else impure.

   The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.

   Synonyms:
   impureness

   Antonyms:
   purity

4. impuritynoun

   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:
   impureness

   Antonyms:
   purity

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1. impurity, drossnoun

   worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

   "there were impurities in the water"

   Synonyms:
   dross, impureness, slag, scoria

   Antonyms:
   purity, pureness

2. impurity, impurenessnoun

   the condition of being impure

   Synonyms:
   dross, impureness

   Antonyms:
   purity, pureness

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1. • Condition

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1. impuritynoun

   Synonyms:
   foulness, uncleanness, feculence

2. impuritynoun

   Synonyms:
   obscenity, indecency, immodesty, ribaldry, smuttiness, smut, bawdiness

3. impuritynoun

   Synonyms:
   coarseness, grossness, lowness, vulgarity

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1. impuritynoun

   Synonyms:
   defilement, contamination, taint, pollution, adulteration, alloy, sophistication, unchastity, lewdness, indecency, indelicacy

2. impuritynoun

   Synonyms:
   garblings, garbles

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1. List of paraphrases for "impurity":

   impurities, dockage, contaminant, fineness

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How to use impurity in a sentence?

1. Zhang Kun:

   The era for China to buy cheap low-grade ore in order to be cost effective has passed. What China needs now and in the future will be more sophisticated ore, with higher iron and lower impurity content.

2. Georges Bernanos:

   Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.

3. Jean Rostand:

   We are not na?ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

4. Erin Michos:

   What we know about the dangers of this impurity comes primarily from laboratory studies. It is a toxin that can affect the liver and cause liver fibrosis or scarring and liver tumors in rats. So it is assumed to be toxic to humans, as well, in these animal studies, they usually give large quantities, so again, the risk is likely not the same equivalent in humans.

5. William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece Ver. 124:

   But no perfection is so absolute, That some impurity doth not pollute.