CORRECTITUDE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Correct or appropriate behavior

Synonyms:

correctitude; properness; propriety

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("correctitude" is a kind of...):

behavior; behaviour; conduct; demeanor; demeanour; deportment ((behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people)

Attribute:

proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)

improper (not suitable or right or appropriate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correctitude"):

decorousness; decorum (propriety in manners and conduct)

appropriateness; rightness (appropriate conduct; doing the right thing)

correctness (the quality of conformity to social expectations)

good form (behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time)

priggishness; primness (exaggerated and arrogant properness)

modesty; reserve (formality and propriety of manner)

grace; seemliness (a sense of propriety and consideration for others)

decency (the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality)