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social hygiene

social hygiene noun: the prevention and control of venereal disease, prostitution, drug abuse, and vice, employing scientific research and advertising techniques.

Noun

social hygiene (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The prevention and control of venereal disease, prostitution, drug abuse, and vice, employing scientific research and advertising techniques.

Questions about social hygiene

What does social hygiene mean?
Social hygiene means the prevention and control of venereal disease, prostitution, drug abuse, and vice, employing scientific research and advertising techniques.
What part of speech is social hygiene?
Social hygiene is a noun.

Words near social hygiene in the dictionary

  1. social hangover
  2. social hangovers
  3. social histories
  4. social history
  5. social housing
  6. social hygiene
  7. social immunity
  8. social imperialism
  9. social infertility
  10. social informatics
  11. social insect

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