toxicity

Noun

Meaning

toxicity (usually uncountable, plural toxicities)

The quality or degree of being toxic.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

contamination poisoning intoxication malignancy toxicological harmfulness neurotoxin cytotoxicity malignity insalubrity ptomaine deadliness injuriousness toxicology contagiousness
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Antonyms

positivism positivity

Hypernyms

morbidity morbidness definite quantity

Hyponyms

cytotoxicity

Phrases with the word

fish acute toxicity syndrome self-toxicity blowfish toxicity oxygen toxicity fugu toxicity pufferfish toxicity

Examples

I haven't heard anybody on this stage who has talked about American foreign policy in Latin America... There is an injustice that continues to form a toxicity underneath the surface, an emotional turbulence, people heal when there's some deep truth-telling. Marianne Williamson

What astonished me was the very low toxicity of a substance that has such very great physiological power. Linus Pauling

There has been treatment for hepatitis C, but the treatment has not been overwhelmingly effective, number 1. And number 2, it has had considerable toxicity. Anthony Fauci

Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which is very serious. Thabo Mbeki

When you are grounded in the present - feeling your feelings, listening to your body, tasting your food, and expressing your ideas - you do not build up toxicity. You digest your experience as you go. Debbie Ford

There's a toxicity within gaming culture, and also in tech culture, that drives this misogynist hatred, this reactionary backlash against women who have anything to say, especially those who have critiques or who are feminists. Anita Sarkeesian

Close letter words and terms

toxicate toxication toxicemia toxicness toxico- toxicodendrol