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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


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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

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

From Dead Souls by D. J. Hogarth

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