Hygienism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of hygiene. uncountable

    "The new hygienism beginning in the 1890s, on the other hand, dealt with the most private and intimate: clothing, the bedroom, personal cleanliness."

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"The new hygienism beginning in the 1890s, on the other hand, dealt with the most private and intimate: clothing, the bedroom, personal cleanliness."

Etymology

From hygiene + -ism.

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