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

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)

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

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)

Derivation:

correct (correct in opinion or judgment)

correct (socially right or correct)

correct (in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure)

 Context examples 

But the correctness of his eye, and the delicacy of his taste, proved to be beyond his politeness.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Terminology relevant to the degree of certainty of the correctness of a microbial identification test result.

(CDISC SDTM Microbial Identification Certainty Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Sometimes he questioned, and induced in her mind temporary doubts as to the correctness of her own definitions and conceptions of music.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The process by which original articles and grants written by researchers are evaluated for technical and scientific quality and correctness by other experts in the same field.

(Peer Review, NCI Dictionary)

A publication that contains original articles that have been written by scientists and evaluated for technical and scientific quality and correctness by other experts in the same field.

(Peer-reviewed scientific journal, NCI Dictionary)

A qualification that describes the degree of certainty of the correctness of a microbial identification test result.

(Microbial Identification Certainty, NCI Thesaurus)

She must learn to feel that she had been mistaken with regard to both; that she had been unfairly influenced by appearances in each; that because Captain Wentworth's manners had not suited her own ideas, she had been too quick in suspecting them to indicate a character of dangerous impetuosity; and that because Mr Elliot's manners had precisely pleased her in their propriety and correctness, their general politeness and suavity, she had been too quick in receiving them as the certain result of the most correct opinions and well-regulated mind.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Fortunately I had had the advantage of being taught French by a French lady; and as I had always made a point of conversing with Madame Pierrot as often as I could, and had besides, during the last seven years, learnt a portion of French by heart daily—applying myself to take pains with my accent, and imitating as closely as possible the pronunciation of my teacher, I had acquired a certain degree of readiness and correctness in the language, and was not likely to be much at a loss with Mademoiselle Adela.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"I wish't you'd listen to reason," she answered feebly, but with unwavering belief in the correctness of her diagnosis of what was ailing him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

His correctness grew on him as we neared the city.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)