Get to know Correctness better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like incorrectness or rightness.
Correctness in a sentence
Correctness meaning
- Freedom from error.
- Conformity to the truth or to fact.
- Conformity to recognized standards.
Synonyms of Correctness
Using Correctness
- The main meaning on this page is: Freedom from error. | Conformity to the truth or to fact. | Conformity to recognized standards.
- Useful related words include: incorrectness, rightness, quality, wrongness.
- In the example corpus, correctness often appears in combinations such as: political correctness, correctness of, the correctness.
Context around Correctness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Correctness
- In this selection, "correctness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, political, grammatical, anatomical, political, run and warps stand out and add context to how "correctness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include proving the correctness of a and about the correctness of your. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "correctness" sits close to words such as aba, avenge and backups, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with correctness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Quotes have been adjusted to account for filler words and grammatical correctness. (12 words)
This year's results are showing the correctness of the chosen approach. (12 words)
This was unconscionable, this political correctness, and it could’ve cost additional lives. (13 words)
The Prime Minister has pledged that “political correctness” will not get in the way of a crackdown on grooming gangs, as ministers promised tougher sentences and new support for local forces to protect children from abuse. (36 words)
The DB after hearing both parties directed Sr AAGs to ascertain the correctness of the persons, if necessary, namely Kavinder Gupta and Yograj Singh in terms of the order dated September 13, 2023. (33 words)
They served their purpose for more than a century until the age of political correctness arose and came to a halt when President Bill Clinton signed the Mental Health Parity Act into law. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Proving the correctness of a set of small programs often requires less effort than proving the correctness of a larger, single, equivalent program.
Right-wing political correctness "Political correctness" is a label typically used for left-wing terms and actions, but not for equivalent attempts to mold language and behavior on the right.
But because Hradek’s intolerance for Provorov’s intolerance comes from the launching pad of perceived political correctness, he’s allowed to spit whatever hot take he wants without reprisal, I suppose.
In Miller's initial the villain's Margaret Love, an even nastier avatar of political correctness run amuck.
It’s important to remind those who live in these countries (North America, Europe, etc.), that political correctness is not by any means as prevalent in the rest of the world.
Quotes have been adjusted to account for filler words and grammatical correctness.
So, by adding mentally the missing verb “scolded,” we have understood the correctness of the sentence.
The DB after hearing both parties directed Sr AAGs to ascertain the correctness of the persons, if necessary, namely Kavinder Gupta and Yograj Singh in terms of the order dated September 13, 2023.
The Prime Minister has pledged that “political correctness” will not get in the way of a crackdown on grooming gangs, as ministers promised tougher sentences and new support for local forces to protect children from abuse.
There have been endless critiques and assessments of the anatomical correctness of the Barbie doll since her inception.
There is her trademark blue outline, looping, skimming and scudding round each figure, that doesn’t seem bent on correctness of proportion or old-school description.
There’s nothing quite as painful as watching a person bomb, cross the ever shifting line of political correctness, or turn on their own audience when received poorly.
The United States then will resemble the miasma we see in most of the world abroad, where ideology suppresses free inquiry, political correctness warps research, and tribalism trumps meritocracy.
They served their purpose for more than a century until the age of political correctness arose and came to a halt when President Bill Clinton signed the Mental Health Parity Act into law.
This was unconscionable, this political correctness, and it could’ve cost additional lives.
This year's results are showing the correctness of the chosen approach.
Today, political correctness and the woke movement have defined words and images as weapons that should be banned for offending political categories and self-defined oppressed groups.
As others have said before me, there are downright Soviet-style judicial districts in this country where basic standards of justice are fully subsumed by demands for political correctness.
Berlatsky knows full well that political correctness and what it has morphed into in contemporary years – woke culture – is strictly and entirely a product of leftists.
Even when you are certain about the correctness of your position, it is important to first acknowledge the other person’s point of view.
Common combinations with correctness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- political correctness 87×
- correctness of 44×
- the correctness 34×
- correctness and 15×
- correctness is 6×
- correctness or 5×
- correctness run 3×
- of correctness 3×
- correctness as 3×
- correctness in 3×