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

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

From New York Times

Fathers, after all, are brave, strong and filled with correctitude.

From Washington Post

One more thought: No institution called the American Repertory Theater should be party to censorship -- whether revising a classic into political correctitude or making critics the enemy.

From BusinessWeek

The gentleness of the speaker averted the storm of indignation and contempt which similar expressions of the correctitudes had more than once excited in this rebellious young lady.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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