| 单词 | correctitude |
| 释义 | correctitude (once / 347627 pages) n WORD FAMILY correctitude: correctitudes USAGE EXAMPLESGourmet, January 1957 Fussiness—particularity, peculiarity, the exacting maintenance of a narrow standard of correctitude—is fundamental to the soul of the Gibson. Slate(Mar 14, 2013) Leopold himself must have envied such perfect correctitude; but what may be admirable in an elderly statesman is alarming in a maiden of nineteen. Strachey, Lytton, Queen Victoria(2011) I had seen, for the first time in my life, a churchwarden in Somerset, a local cheesemonger of appalling correctitude. Locke, William John, The Belovéd Vagabond(2010) n correct or appropriate behavior Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper properness, propriety improperness, impropriety an improper demeanor decorousness, decorum propriety in manners and conduct appropriateness, rightnessappropriate conduct; doing the right thing correctnessthe quality of conformity to social expectations good formbehavior that conforms to social conventions of the time priggishness, primnessexaggerated and arrogant properness modesty, reserveformality and propriety of manner grace, seemlinessa sense of propriety and consideration for others decencythe quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality faultlessness, impeccabilitythe quality of being without an error or fault political correctitude, political correctnessavoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against demurenessthe trait of behaving with reserve and decorum becomingnessthe quality of being becoming modestness, modestyfreedom from vanity or conceit behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
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