correctnessn.

/kəˈrɛktnɪs/

Etymology: formed as correct adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being correct; conformity to an acknowledged rule or standard, to what is considered right, or to fact; freedom from error or fault; accuracy, exactness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [noun]

nicetya1393

curiosityc1400

suretya1500

justness1533

preciseness1569

accurateness1611

punctuality1620

punctualness1620

mathematicality1641

accuracy1644

expressness1645

exactness1646

veracity1666

niceness1678

correctness1684

criticalness1693

precision1698

punctuosity1733

definitude1836

minutia1849

definition1866

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally

decoruma1568

humoura1568

variety1597

strength1608

uniformity1625

barbarity1644

freedom1645

boldness1677

correctness1684

clinquant1711

unity1712

contrast1713

meretriciousness1727

airiness1734

pathos1739

chastity1760

vigour1774

prettyism1789

mannerism1803

serio-comic1805

actuality1812

largeness1824

local colour1829

subjectivitya1834

idealism1841

pastoralism1842

inartisticalitya1849

academicism1852

realism1856

colour contrast1858

crampedness1858

niggling1858

audacity1859

superreality1859

literalism1860

pseudo-classicism1861

sensationalism1862

sensationism1862

chocolate box1865

pseudo-classicality1867

academism1871

actualism1872

academicalism1874

ethos1875

terribilità1877

local colouring1881

neoclassicism1893

mass effect1902

attack1905

verismo1908

kitsch1921

abstraction1923

self-consciousness1932

surreality1936

tension1941

build-up1942

sprezzatura1957

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > correctness

propriety1550

orthologya1620

correctness1684

purism1777

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety

seemlihead?a1366

honestya1398

comeliness1440

seemlihoodc1440

seemlityc1440

semblessea1500

seemliness1548

decentness1561

decorum?1571

handsomeness1595

civility1612

decency1682

exactness1683

elegance1686

propriety1753

thing1791

bienseancea1797

convenances1831

decorousness1834

the becoming1842

correctnessa1859

good (also bad) form1868

properness1873

correctitude1893

the done thing1917

1684 Bp. G. Burnet in tr. T. More Utopia Pref. sig. A8 The fidelity of the Translation, and the correctness of the English.

1695 J. Dryden in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica Pref. p. lv There remains nothing but a dull correctness.

1719 J. Richardson Art Crit. 188 The Correctness of the Eye.

1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. ix. 530 He denied the correctness of the assertion.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Biogr. (1867) 182 The correctness of his private life.

Draft additions 1997

2. Conformation to a dominant political or ideological orthodoxy:

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a. spec. in Communist China, adherence to Maoist doctrine (now chiefly historical).

b. In recent (chiefly North American) use, elliptical for political correctness n. at political adj. and n. Compounds 2; hence with other defining terms, as eco-correctness, environmental correctness, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > [noun] > conformation to orthodoxy

correctness1955

1955 F. T. C. Yu Strategy & Tactics of Chinese Communist Propaganda vi. 59 When professors and scholars praise the ‘correctness’..of Marxism-Leninism, the communists hope that the common people will be more inclined to accept the new ideology.

1957 New Republic 13 May 24/1 The group is also fortified by..an absolute doctrinal authority for the ‘correctness’ of all of its solutions.

1960 T. H. E. Chen Thought Reform Chinese Intellectuals ii. 9 There is another and more important reason for Communist insistence on ideological correctness.

1977 P. Fuller Jrnl. 29 Mar. in Marches Past (1986) 117 The jostling for rarefied, nuanced, over-tuned theoretical [Marxist] ‘positions’ heats up. As one might expect of 7 Carlisle Street [sc. office of the New Left Review]..everyone vies with each other for the most perverse and punishing ‘correctness’.

1992 N.Y. Times 12 Feb. c1/1 The brilliant new vehicle for environmental correctness, health consciousness and graphic self-expression: toothpaste.

1993 Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 21 Oct. 4/3 The elementary school fanfare is the last hurrah before social correctness cuts them off at the right brain.

1993 USA Weekend 24 Oct. 2/2 He has a broad agenda for eco-correctness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	correctness
释义	correctnessn. /kəˈrɛktnɪs/ Etymology: formed as correct adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being correct; conformity to an acknowledged rule or standard, to what is considered right, or to fact; freedom from error or fault; accuracy, exactness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [noun] nicetya1393 curiosityc1400 suretya1500 justness1533 preciseness1569 accurateness1611 punctuality1620 punctualness1620 mathematicality1641 accuracy1644 expressness1645 exactness1646 veracity1666 niceness1678 correctness1684 criticalness1693 precision1698 punctuosity1733 definitude1836 minutia1849 definition1866 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally decoruma1568 humoura1568 variety1597 strength1608 uniformity1625 barbarity1644 freedom1645 boldness1677 correctness1684 clinquant1711 unity1712 contrast1713 meretriciousness1727 airiness1734 pathos1739 chastity1760 vigour1774 prettyism1789 mannerism1803 serio-comic1805 actuality1812 largeness1824 local colour1829 subjectivitya1834 idealism1841 pastoralism1842 inartisticalitya1849 academicism1852 realism1856 colour contrast1858 crampedness1858 niggling1858 audacity1859 superreality1859 literalism1860 pseudo-classicism1861 sensationalism1862 sensationism1862 chocolate box1865 pseudo-classicality1867 academism1871 actualism1872 academicalism1874 ethos1875 terribilità1877 local colouring1881 neoclassicism1893 mass effect1902 attack1905 verismo1908 kitsch1921 abstraction1923 self-consciousness1932 surreality1936 tension1941 build-up1942 sprezzatura1957 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > correctness propriety1550 orthologya1620 correctness1684 purism1777 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety seemlihead?a1366 honestya1398 comeliness1440 seemlihoodc1440 seemlityc1440 semblessea1500 seemliness1548 decentness1561 decorum?1571 handsomeness1595 civility1612 decency1682 exactness1683 elegance1686 propriety1753 thing1791 bienseancea1797 convenances1831 decorousness1834 the becoming1842 correctnessa1859 good (also bad) form1868 properness1873 correctitude1893 the done thing1917 1684 Bp. G. Burnet in tr. T. More Utopia Pref. sig. A8 The fidelity of the Translation, and the correctness of the English. 1695 J. Dryden in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica Pref. p. lv There remains nothing but a dull correctness. 1719 J. Richardson Art Crit. 188 The Correctness of the Eye. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. ix. 530 He denied the correctness of the assertion. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Biogr. (1867) 182 The correctness of his private life. Draft additions 1997 2. Conformation to a dominant political or ideological orthodoxy: Categories » a. spec. in Communist China, adherence to Maoist doctrine (now chiefly historical). b. In recent (chiefly North American) use, elliptical for political correctness n. at political adj. and n. Compounds 2; hence with other defining terms, as eco-correctness, environmental correctness, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > [noun] > conformation to orthodoxy correctness1955 1955 F. T. C. Yu Strategy & Tactics of Chinese Communist Propaganda vi. 59 When professors and scholars praise the ‘correctness’..of Marxism-Leninism, the communists hope that the common people will be more inclined to accept the new ideology. 1957 New Republic 13 May 24/1 The group is also fortified by..an absolute doctrinal authority for the ‘correctness’ of all of its solutions. 1960 T. H. E. Chen Thought Reform Chinese Intellectuals ii. 9 There is another and more important reason for Communist insistence on ideological correctness. 1977 P. Fuller Jrnl. 29 Mar. in Marches Past (1986) 117 The jostling for rarefied, nuanced, over-tuned theoretical [Marxist] ‘positions’ heats up. As one might expect of 7 Carlisle Street [sc. office of the New Left Review]..everyone vies with each other for the most perverse and punishing ‘correctness’. 1992 N.Y. Times 12 Feb. c1/1 The brilliant new vehicle for environmental correctness, health consciousness and graphic self-expression: toothpaste. 1993 Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 21 Oct. 4/3 The elementary school fanfare is the last hurrah before social correctness cuts them off at the right brain. 1993 USA Weekend 24 Oct. 2/2 He has a broad agenda for eco-correctness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1684
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