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correctness

[ kuh-rekt-nis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

First recorded in 1670–90; correct ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Thus the adoption of any particular verb is a matter of taste, not a question of absolute correctness.

That was why he had his own plane, a big dual-prop Martin 404 called, in those days before political correctness, El Dago.

I do not believe in political correctness, by the way, OK?

The league has never kicked out someone for speech before, but the era of smartphones and political correctness may change that.

And just who exactly is being silenced by political correctness?

Judge: Now, Sir, your punishment shall depend on the shortness and correctness of your answers.

He was engaged in the Encyclopedie, and his articles on grammar are drawn up with great precision, correctness and judgment.

Who are you, as you speak our language with such correctness that you might almost be taken for one of our countrymen?

He knew a good deal by memory, and repeated many passages with feeling and correctness.

He was the more convinced of the correctness of this from the fact that the word for trunk or box, in French, is coffre.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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