Clean and cleanliness
I think "cleanliness" in the following context mean "lack of dirt" but "clean" seams to mean "emptiness". Am I right? Or the both mean "lack of dirt"?
Context:
Laurie Simmons’ miniature installations or dioramas were created using toy doll figures set into domestically themed interiors. The interiors are nostalgic of the 1950s and the image or myth of the post-Second World War ‘happy homemaker’ is called into question with startling clean and vacuous domestic scenes. No dirt, no kids and
no activity from the outside appears to be present in the photographs... It is fun to look at them and recall childhood experiences in finding magic in miniature interiors. The playhouse is a symbolic house for the soul where the dramas of life can be acted out in the safety of fantasy. Simmons’ interiors have an air of fun, cleanliness and newness, but at the same time speak of a deep loneliness and alienation.
Top answer
"clean" is an adjective. "cleanliness" is a noun, meaning the condition of being clean. I understand both words to be referring to a lack of dirt.
- "clean" is an adjective.
- "cleanliness" is a noun, meaning the condition of being clean.
- I understand both words to be referring to a lack of dirt.
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"clean" is an adjective. "cleanliness" is a noun, meaning the condition of being clean. I understand both words to be referring to a lack of dirt.
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