Correctitude
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Correctitude is a noun meaning The quality of being correct.
Meaning
The quality of being correct.
Example Sentences
And these folks are worried about creeping political correctitude?"
Leopold himself must have envied such perfect correctitude; but what may be admirable in an elderly statesman is alarming in a maiden of nineteen.
Word Forms
- correctitudes
Synonyms for correctitude
Depending on context, synonyms include correctness, propriety, properness.
Antonyms for correctitude
Common opposites include impropriety, improperness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include propriety, properness, correctedness, correctiveness, rectitude, rightness.
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