How do you use Rightness in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like wrongness or conformity, plus the exact meaning.
Rightness in a sentence
Rightness meaning
- The characteristic of being right; correctness.
- The result or product of being right; something correct.
- The property of being on, or moving toward, the right.
Synonyms of Rightness
Using Rightness
- The main meaning on this page is: The characteristic of being right; correctness. | The result or product of being right; something correct. | The property of being on, or moving toward, the right.
- Useful related words include: wrongness, conformity, nicety, justness.
- In the example corpus, rightness often appears in combinations such as: the rightness, rightness of, of rightness.
Context around Rightness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rightness
- In this selection, "rightness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ultimate, own, moral and consequentialism stand out and add context to how "rightness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the rightness of his and for the rightness and wrongness. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rightness" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rightness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was not questioning the “rightness or wrongness” of it. (10 words)
Try to behave with quiet confidence in the rightness of your position. (12 words)
Yet we recognize the rightness of this appearance in relation to our historical needs. (14 words)
It is possible that this procedure started before the end of the Mycenaean age, but the idea is almost absent or vague in the Homeric poems, where the interference of the gods is not related to the rightness or wrongness of men's actions. (44 words)
The courts, for example did not attempt to discover the facts in a case; instead, in any dispute it was up to each party to get as many people as possible to swear to the rightness of their case; "oath-swearing". (41 words)
Normative ethics is distinct from meta-ethics because it examines standards for the rightness and wrongness of actions, while meta-ethics studies the meaning of moral language and the metaphysics of moral facts. (33 words)
This 56-year-old adult in the steampunk-lite outfit who cries on stage at his own rightness? (18 words)
Example sentences (18)
The song signifies the ultimate rightness of those steadfast in their beliefs, suggesting the rightness of Gush Emunim's struggle against anti-settlement policy by the government.
But like Lawrence, he failed to win his own people to the rightness of his cause by the time he died.
When he introduced the two women that spring, Ms. Laurent’s instant approval reinforced Mr. Ruivinho’s sense of rightness about falling in love with Ms. Marzaro.
Norman Manley did not campaign effectively and lost because of his belief in the rightness of the Federation and saw little need to counter the fears generated by Bustamante.
This 56-year-old adult in the steampunk-lite outfit who cries on stage at his own rightness?
Try to behave with quiet confidence in the rightness of your position.
Although the most famous two chapters are heavily ironical and cutting about religion, it is not utterly condemned, and its truth and rightness are upheld however thinly.
Despite this advice from his colleagues, Nestorius persisted in maintaining the rightness of his position.
He sees all of these as efforts to make oneself pleasing to God in ways other than conscientious adherence to the principle of moral rightness in choosing one's actions.
He was not questioning the “rightness or wrongness” of it.
In 1634, Duvergier had become the spiritual adviser of Port-Royal-des-Champs and good friend of Angélique Arnauld ; he convinced her of the rightness of Jansen's opinions.
It is possible that this procedure started before the end of the Mycenaean age, but the idea is almost absent or vague in the Homeric poems, where the interference of the gods is not related to the rightness or wrongness of men's actions.
Normative ethics is distinct from meta-ethics because it examines standards for the rightness and wrongness of actions, while meta-ethics studies the meaning of moral language and the metaphysics of moral facts.
On the other hand, it is not immediately clear how to physically see, touch or measure the goodness of a novel or the rightness of an action.
Rather, it is derived from the more basic standard of rightness, consequentialism : what is right is what has the best consequences (usually measured by the total or average welfare caused).
The courts, for example did not attempt to discover the facts in a case; instead, in any dispute it was up to each party to get as many people as possible to swear to the rightness of their case; "oath-swearing".
The emperor Titus's dignified yet confident ease in his management of an amphitheatre crowd and its factions were taken as a measure of his enormous popularity and the rightness of his imperium.
Yet we recognize the rightness of this appearance in relation to our historical needs.
Common combinations with rightness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the rightness 13×
- rightness of 11×
- of rightness 2×
- rightness or 2×