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Definition of hygiene : That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.

Synonyms:

hygiantics, preventive medicine, regimen, constitution, ill health, wellness, sanitary provisions, fitness, condition, public health, well-being, health, hygienization, hygienics, healthful living, shape, sanitary measures, state, mental health, hygiology

nutritiousness, healthiness, wholesomeness, salubrity

neatness, sanitation, cleanness, tidiness, purity, immaculateness, fastidiousness, sterility, orderliness, spotlessness

Usage examples:

• Our schools are doing good work along these lines of personal hygiene; parents should reinforce the efforts of the teacher by bringing the home hygiene up to the right standards. - "Parent and Child Vol. III., Child Study and Training", Mosiah Hall.
• As recently as the generation immediately preceding ours people were unacquainted with the simplest rules of hygiene. - ""Speaking of Operations--"", Irvin S. Cobb.
• You can get over any objection by calling it Hygiene, or limb- culture, or something of that sort. - "The Chronicles of Clovis", Saki.