correctitude

[ kuh-rek-ti-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. correctness, especially of manners and conduct.

correctitude

/ kəˈrɛktɪˌtjuːd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of correctitude¹

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

Example Sentences

I had seen, for the first time in my life, a churchwarden in Somerset, a local cheesemonger of appalling correctitude.

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Her correctitude was, no doubt, made still more correct by an unemotional disposition.

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Unfortunately for her success, she had the correctitude to ask Lord Salisbury's permission.

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

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Next there followed a few reflections of a correctitude so remarkable that I have no choice but to quote them.

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Related Words

• civility
• correctness
• decency
• demeanor
• dignity
• gentility
• orderliness
• politeness
• propriety
• respectability