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/ kəˈrɛkt nɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun conformity to fact or truth; freedom from error; accuracy: The correctness of the eyewitness’s account was later called into question.
the quality of being proper; conformity to an acknowledged or accepted standard: We are concerned with the correctness of our probationers' conduct.
the quality of being just or right in a judgment or opinion: We accepted the correctness of the tribunal’s ruling.
an indication of or adherence to a liberal or progressive ideology on matters of ethnicity, religion, sexuality, ecology, etc.: A car strewn with Styrofoam cups is hardly a testimony to environmental correctness.
Origin of correctness First recorded in 1670–90; correct + -ness
Words nearby correctness correctional facility, correctional officer, correction fluid, correctitude, corrective, correctness , Correggio, corregidor, correl., correlate, correlation
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Example sentences from the Web for correctness So, saying that we would have been safer to call it by a different name because of political correctness , I throw that out the window.
Full Transcript: Tomi Lahren on ‘The Carlos Watson Show’ | Daniel Malloy| August 31, 2020| Ozy
The search for those has been intense, as they are taken as the main possible confirmation of the correctness of inflation.
Schrödinger’s Cat When Nobody Is Looking - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Daniel Sudarsky| August 26, 2020| Nautilus
Most times, these are not due to correctness or error from your end.
SEO on a shoestring budget: What small business owners can do to win | Ali Faagba| June 4, 2020| Search Engine Watch
Not surprisingly, they are more into “correctness ” and the rules than Americans tend to be.
Ben Yagoda: How I Not Write Bad | Noah Charney| February 13, 2013| DAILY BEAST
We had succeeded beyond his expectations, and the correctness of his original theory had been fully demonstrated.
Bucholz and the Detectives | Allan Pinkerton
But even with him, simplicity, because necessary to speed, is second in merit only to correctness .
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860 | Various
Most of these changes are certainly highly poetical, and, while we admire their ingenuity, we do not impugn their correctness .
The Bon Gaultier Ballads | William Edmonstoune Aytoun
Of the correctness of the inference from them, Lingard admits, 'we have no opportunity of judging.'
Sir Walter Ralegh | William Stebbing
As Michael pondered it, he scented an effluence of correctness that overpowered his individuality.
Sinister Street, vol. 2 | Compton Mackenzie
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Words related to correctness truth, decorum, civility, rightness, decency, fitness, exactitude, precision, regularity, preciseness, fidelity, exactness, faultlessness, definiteness, orderliness, properness, decorousness, seemliness, order, correctitude