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Antonyms for correctness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-rekt
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈrɛkt

Definition of correctness

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "to set right, rectify" (a fault or error), from Latin correctus, past participle of corrigere "to put straight, reduce to order, set right;" in transferred use, "to reform, amend," especially of speech or writing, from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + regere "to lead straight, rule" (see regal). Originally of persons; with reference to writing, etc., attested from late 14c. Related: Corrected; correcting.
  • noun accuracy
  • noun propriety
Example sentences :
  • Of the correctness of this hypothesis it is unnecessary to speak.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • This is in harmony with our experience, and we have no doubt of the correctness of his observations.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • The whole thing was princely in the correctness of its style.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • This is only one proof of the correctness of Père Pargoire's position.
  • Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
  • The correctness of these positions can be readily established.
  • Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
  • And she felt her interest snuffed out by Tommy's correctness.
  • Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
  • Are we to count them, Cratylus; and is correctness of names to be determined by the voice of a majority?
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • I should like to know whether any similar principle of correctness is to be applied to them.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • Was there a correctness in words, and were they given by nature or convention?
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • That is my view, Hermogenes, of the correctness of names; and I should like to hear what Cratylus would say.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

Synonyms for correctness

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