purity
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈpjʊrɪti/
- Formal
:
pureza
- As mayor of this city, I am dedicated to the purity of our cultural heritage.
- moral purity
- purity of heart
- purity of life
They, they believed in ritual purity, extreme physical health.
- They, they believed in ritual purity, extreme physical health.
- There's a purity in you that is so refreshing to me.
- But the, the woke mob is, is moral purity on steroids.
- And so holiness is about connection to and purity is about separation from.
- So you're purging your mind and you're purging your emotions to conform with that demand for purity.
- It doesn't matter how far it goes or doesn't go, as long as you are kind of cultivating that out of that purity of spirit because it nourishes your life.
- Yeah, Anyway, well, it's about it's about, you know, the love and purity of this activity that was shared by these young men.
- These are not the only possible ones to attain a certain state of happiness, purity, wisdom, perfection, or immortality.
- So I think what I would say is walking in purity, walking in true purity is, is something that's really important and I think is lost on people.
- And it's just so much fun to be in the presence of three-year old music fans and to see them react so with such purity.
- And there's just a level of purity and it's not attached to, I want to make things right with you so I can sleep with you.
Examples
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Beautiful in death, Murasaki's lifeless being seems to be marked with the purity of childhood.
Academic text (1992) -
The way she fought, the shimmering purity of purpose in her, these were things he respected.
Fiction book (1991) -
The purity of our nation.
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To think that he might doubt his own purity was really to think very little of him.
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The art is strong, carried on by men of honor and purity of purpose.
Fiction book (1992) -
The people that get there through purity of actual confidence stay there the longest.
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Colours are still strong to this day, purple, white and green that stand for purity, hope and dignity.
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My truth transcends the universe with the purity of the sun.
Fiction book (1998) -
There's a purity in you that is so refreshing to me.
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Her commitment to helping others shows a remarkable purity of intention.
Synonyms
70
5.8
A state of being pure and close to God or to religious things
66
7.2
Being holy or sacred and treated with great respect
35
3.6
Being free from doing wrong or evil things
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4.4
Sexual purity that some people expect for moral reasons
1
7.6
Being innocent and not knowing or doing wrong
1
4.0
Being morally good and not doing wrong
Being free from wrong and having an innocent heart
The state of having honest thoughts and actions
Perfect cleanliness without any stains or dirt
A state of being holy or sacred
A condition of being very clean and unchanged from its original form
Antonyms
How Pure
- Formal
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3.9
447
4.3
259
3.8
155
3.0
117
3.7
23
6.3
36
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Purity comes from the Latin purus meaning 'clean', the same root as pure. Think of being 'clean' inside — without moral wrong — which is why purity means being free from moral wrongdoing.