correctness
n.
properness, justness; honesty, frankness
Correctness
correctness
Noun
1. conformity to fact or truth
(synonym) rightness
(antonym) incorrectness, wrongness
(hypernym) quality
(attribute) correct, right
2. conformity to social expectations
(antonym) incorrectness
(hypernym) propriety, properness, correctitude
(hyponym) political correctness, political correctitude
Correctness
(n.)
The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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