pollution
pollution Lexical Profile
pollution Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The presence in or introduction into the natural environment of contaminants, toxins, or harmful levels of energy (such as noise, heat, or light) that cause adverse change.
"Strict emissions standards were introduced to reduce air pollution in major metropolitan areas."
The state or process of defiling, corrupting, or profaning something morally, spiritually, or culturally.
"The ancient text warned against the ritual pollution of the temple's sacred precincts."
• Rhymes for pollution
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 14th century via Old French from Late Latin pollutio ('defilement'), derived from the Latin verb polluere ('to soil, defile, or contaminate'). Originally used in English for moral or ritual impurity, the word shifted toward its modern environmental meaning in the mid-19th century during the Industrial Revolution.