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correctitude

American  
[kuh-rek-ti-tood, -tyood] / kəˈrɛk tɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /

noun

  1. correctness, especially of manners and conduct.


correctitude British  
/ kəˈrɛktɪˌtjuːd /

noun

  1. the quality of correctness, esp conscious correctness in behaviour

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of correctitude

First recorded in 1890–95; blend of correct and rectitude

Example Sentences

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Friends and colleagues describe him as modest yet tenacious, with an mix of shyness and ambition, inscrutability, correctitude and warmth.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2019

Seeking further confirmation of my correctitude, I popped into a black barbershop in a racially diverse neighborhood, the On Point Barber Salon in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2015

The Hitchcock is a glass of gin, and a glass of gin has its merits, but being correctly called a martini is not among them—and a martini lacking in correctitude is missing a soul.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2013

Peace will not be preserved by pious sentiments expressed in terms of platitudes or by official grimaces and diplomatic correctitude.

From Time Magazine Archive

The German sense of correctitude was deeply shocked by this outbreak.

From The War in the Air by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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