CORRECTNESS Definition & Meaning

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correctness

[ kuh-rekt-nis ]

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noun

conformity to fact or truth; freedom from error; accuracy:
The correctness of the eyewitness’s account was later called into question.
the quality of being proper; conformity to an acknowledged or accepted standard:
We are concerned with the correctness of our probationers' conduct.
the quality of being just or right in a judgment or opinion:
We accepted the correctness of the tribunal’s ruling.
an indication of or adherence to a liberal or progressive ideology on matters of ethnicity, religion, sexuality, ecology, etc.:
A car strewn with Styrofoam cups is hardly a testimony to environmental correctness.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of correctness¹

First recorded in 1670–90; correct ( def ) + -ness ( def )

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He said he also said he believed Disney had "succumb to peer pressure on political correctness, which has now given top dwarf actors less work".

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Chris Parry, a former Nato commander, also told Times Radio that the decision to rename the submarine was "craven political correctness and ideology gone mad".

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If men have to lie about abusing women, well, that's just self-defense against "political correctness."

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"I have seen the arguments in the papers by some lawyers regarding the correctness of some civilians being tried in the Court Martial," President Museveni said in a long post on X.

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Comedy led the backlash against political correctness, which Lindy West astutely defined in a 2015 Guardian column as a fancy term for “not treating people who are already treated like garbage like garbage.”

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