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correctness
[ kuh-rekt-nis ]
noun
- conformity to fact or truth; freedom from error; accuracy:
The correctness of the eyewitness鈥檚 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鈥檚 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.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of correctness1
Example Sentences
Also: He isn鈥檛 self-righteous, which he views as 鈥渢he ultimate sin of political correctness.鈥
She said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer needed to "stand up, show some courage, and back real policing over political correctness".
The tunes are all exuberant, and even with a new era of political correctness, never offensive.
He accused them of abandoning free speech, caving in to political correctness and losing touch with their citizens on issues like migration and national identity.
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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