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correctness

[kuh-rekt-nis] / kəˈrɛkt nɪs /
NOUN
accuracy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
truth
STRONG
definiteness exactitude exactness faultlessness fidelity preciseness precision regularity
WEAK
definitiveness definitude
Antonyms
STRONG
imprecision inaccuracy inexactness
WEAK
fault flaw imperfection impreciseness impropriety incorrectness infidelity unacceptableness unseemliness unsuitability unsuitableness wrong
NOUN
propriety
Synonyms
STRONGEST
civility decency decorum fitness rightness
STRONG
correctitude decorousness order orderliness properness seemliness
WEAK
bon ton good breeding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
indecency rudeness
WEAK
fault flaw imperfection impreciseness impropriety inaccuracy incorrectness inexactness infidelity unacceptableness unseemliness unsuitability unsuitableness wrong

Example Sentences

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My father, a World War II officer and stickler for correctness, was especially proud of my medal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

In the early 1990s, the two men wrote for a campus publication, attacking what they saw as political correctness destroying American higher education.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

He also said there was a further issue about the "correctness" of new evidence provided by a very senior MI5 officer.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

There will be no political correctness during Waters’ birthday show.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

I had feared that her sharp, stubborn mind, caught in her self-made antihelical trap, might dig up irrelevant results that would foster uncertainty about the correctness of the double helix.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.