salubrious
adjective
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Salubrious, like healthful and wholesome, describes things that are favorable to the health of the mind or body. (A rather formal and somewhat rare word, it is related by its Latin ancestor salubris to the very common English word safe.) Unlike healthful and wholesome, salubrious tends to apply chiefly to the helpful effects of climate or air, as in “the salubrious climate of the tropical island.” Salubrious seems to be expanding semantically; we occasionally see evidence of it being used as a descriptor of prosperous people or locales. This is the sense used by British author Zadie Smith in her 2023 historical novel The Fraud when she writes: “Following the more salubrious element of the crowd, they found themselves on the second floor of Lady Blessington’s Old Gore House, recently converted into a restaurant by Alexis Soyer.”
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Bruce Brumberg, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
His contention seems to have been borne out: research increasingly supports a salubrious effect of democratic governance.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
After World War II, the American Army doctor Ancel Keys stumbled into the region, bought an old villa and devoted his life to studying the salubrious effects on the heart of a diet of olive oil, fish and fresh vegetables.
—Nina Burleigh, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Where to Stay Hotels near train stations are not always the most salubrious but 25 Hours Hotel is certainly an exception.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
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“Salubrious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salubrious. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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