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单词 rightness
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Definition of rightness in English:

rightness

noun ˈrʌɪtnəsˈraɪtnəs
mass noun
  • 1The quality or state of being morally good, justified, or acceptable.

    they argue for the moral rightness of overthrowing the leader by force
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It speaks from a limbo whose inhabitants have uncomplainingly accepted the rightness of the judgement that placed them there.
    • Discourse ethics tries to explain the internal relation between rational acceptability and moral rightness.
    • It ends up being more a plea for tolerance than a scathing indictment of self-important religious rightness.
    • These Shakers were convinced of the unique and overpowering rightness of their religion.
    • Prophetic language at its best recalls our moral commitments, our sense of rightness.
    • No nation had more confidence in the rightness of its religion than Sweden.
    • People in the world of health and medicine sometimes become carried away by the obvious rightness or righteousness of their cause.
    • This broad consensus about the rightness of the war was not fundamentally eroded over the next four terrible years.
    • Because authority figures emanate an aura of rightness, their actions cannot easily be challenged.
    • The producers never glossed over the rightness of the civil rights cause.
  • 2The quality or state of being true or correct as a fact.

    they are convinced of the rightness of their theories
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is an important difference between rightness and mathematical properties.
    • The absence of doubt of the rightness of the answers looks more like religion than science.
    • Perfection here is the blissful rightness of every note.
    • Argument and logic become the sources of mathematical rightness or wrongness, rather than the teacher serving as the authority.
    • Each is sure of himself and of the rightness of his views.
    • Rightness, considered in its own nature, does not belong to what I do.
    • The principle of moderation, it is affirmed, is the mathematical expression for rightness.
    • In a precisely similar way, we see the prima facie rightness of an act which would be the fulfilment of a particular promise.
    • We are called upon to regard this as the common and immutable measure of rightness in nature.
    • I am as sure of the rightness of mathematics as I am about anything—not totally sure, but very close.
    1. 2.1 The quality or state of being best or most appropriate for a particular situation.
      the rightness of that move for me
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She immediately accepted the rightness of their presence, as if she had expected them to be there all along.
      • I let the swing come to a stop and sat there transfixed by the rightness of the idea, but a little staggered at what it might entail.
      • The rightness of the choice of director is apparent from the film's opening sequences at the shadow-enshrouded beach house.
      • As with military strategy, rightness or wrongness is supplanted by possibility.
      • No longer was there any doubt in her mind as to the rightness of her coming here.
      • The rightness of an action is determined by its contribution to the happiness of everyone affected by it.
      • Part of his magic is his ability to convince of the rightness of his course of action.
      • We respond to the object's rightness of design, which satisfies our imagination and intellect, even though we are not evaluating the object's purpose.
      • The appropriateness and rightness of that Logos would depend precisely on the fact that there was more than one Logos available to her.
      • It is up to the project leader to convince developers of the rightness of any such decisions.
 
 

Definition of rightness in US English:

rightness

nounˈraɪtnəsˈrītnəs
  • 1The quality or state of being morally good, justified, or acceptable.

    they argue for the moral rightness of overthrowing the leader by force
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It speaks from a limbo whose inhabitants have uncomplainingly accepted the rightness of the judgement that placed them there.
    • It ends up being more a plea for tolerance than a scathing indictment of self-important religious rightness.
    • This broad consensus about the rightness of the war was not fundamentally eroded over the next four terrible years.
    • These Shakers were convinced of the unique and overpowering rightness of their religion.
    • Discourse ethics tries to explain the internal relation between rational acceptability and moral rightness.
    • Prophetic language at its best recalls our moral commitments, our sense of rightness.
    • No nation had more confidence in the rightness of its religion than Sweden.
    • Because authority figures emanate an aura of rightness, their actions cannot easily be challenged.
    • The producers never glossed over the rightness of the civil rights cause.
    • People in the world of health and medicine sometimes become carried away by the obvious rightness or righteousness of their cause.
  • 2The quality or state of being true or correct as a fact.

    they are convinced of the rightness of their theories
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a precisely similar way, we see the prima facie rightness of an act which would be the fulfilment of a particular promise.
    • The principle of moderation, it is affirmed, is the mathematical expression for rightness.
    • We are called upon to regard this as the common and immutable measure of rightness in nature.
    • Each is sure of himself and of the rightness of his views.
    • Perfection here is the blissful rightness of every note.
    • Argument and logic become the sources of mathematical rightness or wrongness, rather than the teacher serving as the authority.
    • The absence of doubt of the rightness of the answers looks more like religion than science.
    • I am as sure of the rightness of mathematics as I am about anything—not totally sure, but very close.
    • Rightness, considered in its own nature, does not belong to what I do.
    • There is an important difference between rightness and mathematical properties.
    1. 2.1 The quality or state of being best or most appropriate for a particular situation.
      the rightness of that move for me
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The rightness of the choice of director is apparent from the film's opening sequences at the shadow-enshrouded beach house.
      • The appropriateness and rightness of that Logos would depend precisely on the fact that there was more than one Logos available to her.
      • Part of his magic is his ability to convince of the rightness of his course of action.
      • It is up to the project leader to convince developers of the rightness of any such decisions.
      • The rightness of an action is determined by its contribution to the happiness of everyone affected by it.
      • We respond to the object's rightness of design, which satisfies our imagination and intellect, even though we are not evaluating the object's purpose.
      • I let the swing come to a stop and sat there transfixed by the rightness of the idea, but a little staggered at what it might entail.
      • No longer was there any doubt in her mind as to the rightness of her coming here.
      • She immediately accepted the rightness of their presence, as if she had expected them to be there all along.
      • As with military strategy, rightness or wrongness is supplanted by possibility.
 
 
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