correctness B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /kɝˈɛktnəs/ See IPA manual Freq #40627 Meanings 1 noun The quality of being free from mistakes; being right. The teacher checked the correctness of every answer on the test. 2 noun The quality of following accepted social rules or standards. Political correctness shapes how many people speak in public today. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being free... rightness ↔ Opposites incorrectness Word family Derived forms hyper-correctnesspseudocorrectness Related forms correctedness Common collocations political correctness Adjective + noun Etymology From correct + -ness. Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # correctness **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kɝˈɛktnəs/ **Frequency rank:** 40627 ## Meanings 1. The quality of being free from mistakes; being right. 2. The quality of following accepted social rules or standards. ## Examples - The teacher checked the correctness of every answer on the test. - Political correctness shapes how many people speak in public today. ## Antonyms - incorrectness ## Derived Forms - hyper-correctness - pseudocorrectness ## Related Forms - correctedness ## Etymology From correct + -ness. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown