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

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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

He has moist red lips; pale, almost translucent cheeks like fillets of raw sole; and an instinct for correctness that rarely fails him.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

correctness

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