noun
correctitude
Correctitude (noun) means the state of being correct or proper.
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The state of being correct or proper.
"And these folks are worried about creeping political correctitude?""
— Harold Henderson, The City File (1991)
"Leopold himself must have envied such perfect correctitude; but what may be admirable in an elderly statesman is alarming in a maiden of nineteen."
— Lytton Strachey, Queen Victoria (1921)
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Etymology
Formed from correct and -itude.
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What is the meaning of correctitude?
"correctitude" (noun) means the state of being correct or proper.
What is another word for correctitude?
Other words for "correctitude" include correctness, propriety, properness.
