correctness
IPA: kɝˈɛktnʌs
noun
- freedom from error
- conformity to the truth or to fact
- conformity to recognized standards
- (computing) The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.
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Examples of "correctness" in Sentences
- Political correctness is a real drag sometimes. paintbox
- Changing Cap to a black guy for political correctness is just stupid.
- For example, if ultracalvinists are Christians, "political correctness" is religious orthodoxy.
- Political correctness is literally killing people in our country, in this case, killing our military.
- Political correctness is an abomination to all free societies and will prove to be the undoing of the life style that we have enjoyed for so long.
- At bedrock, political correctness is about striving to express respect and kindness according to cultural values which may vary from the ones you were raised with.
- Later in the chapter Nelson allows that while political correctness is not the “all defining campus cultural force the right makes it out to be, it does operate, in some contexts absurdly.”
- Whether it's people walking off The View when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression.