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HEALTHFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of promoting good health
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("healthfulness" is a kind of...):
wholesomeness (the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "healthfulness"):
salubriousness; salubrity (the quality of being salubrious and invigorating)
Antonym:
unhealthfulness (the quality of promoting poor health)
Derivation:
healthful (conducive to good health of body or mind)
healthful (free from filth and pathogens)
