correctness

[ kuh-rekt-nis ]
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noun
  1. conformity to fact or truth; freedom from error; accuracy: The correctness of the eyewitness’s account was later called into question.

  2. the quality of being proper; conformity to an acknowledged or accepted standard: We are concerned with the correctness of our probationers' conduct.

  1. the quality of being just or right in a judgment or opinion: We accepted the correctness of the tribunal’s ruling.

  2. 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

1
First recorded in 1670–90; correct + -ness

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