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CORRECTNESS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does correctness mean?

• CORRECTNESS (noun)
The noun CORRECTNESS has 2 senses:

1. conformity to fact or truth
2. the quality of conformity to social expectations

Familiarity information: CORRECTNESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CORRECTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Conformity to fact or truth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

correctness; rightness

Hypernyms ("correctness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

correct; right (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth)

incorrect; wrong (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)

Antonym:

incorrectness (the quality of not conforming to fact or truth)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The quality of conformity to social expectations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("correctness" is a kind of...):

correctitude; properness; propriety (correct or appropriate behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correctness"):

faultlessness; impeccability (the quality of being without an error or fault)

political correctitude; political correctness (avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against)

Antonym:

incorrectness (lack of conformity to social expectations)

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