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rightness

rightness

2 4.8
Being correct or true according to the facts
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪtnəs/
: corrección
  • The committee evaluated the rightness of the decision before announcing it to the public.
  • rightness or wrongness

Now that's where we're heading, what he's going to call a little bit later the pure notion, the rightness, right?

Examples

  • Madison exhorted men to stand up to the government by deliberating the rightness of its actions.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Besides, by now, the rightness of her project had come to seem self-evident.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • It's good to know and to see evidence of the rightness of it.

    Blog text (4)

  • I cannot imagine that you will convince a single person of the rightness of your views by taking this approach.

    Blog text (4)

  • There is much discussion these days on the rightness and wrongness of same-sex marriage.

    Blog text (8)

  • I have monitored your broadcast for the past few nights, and have concluded that you are qualified to confirm the rightness of the decision I have been forced to make.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Of course—why hadn't he seen the rightness of this when Simon first mentioned the possibility?

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The professor discussed the rightness of the argument based on historical evidence.

  • Many people believe in the rightness of their beliefs and try to persuade others to agree.

Synonyms

truth
vsrightness
∞ 1.0

A fact that shows how things really are

is the quality of agreeing with such facts or reality
correctness
vsrightness
8 3.5

A state of being accurate and matching facts or rules

is the general quality of matching fact and reality
factness
vsrightness
1 8.3

How much something is shown or said to be true

refers to the underlying agreement with fact rather than presentation
trueness
vsrightness
1 6.5

How accurate something is compared with facts or a standard

is broader, covering overall agreement with fact rather than exactness
correctitude
vsrightness
1 9.9

Behavior that follows rules people expect

focuses on factual or truth agreement rather than proper conduct
properness
vsrightness
1 6.5

Being correct and appropriate for a situation

concerns agreement with fact or reality, not situational fit
factualness
vsrightness
1 5.8

The degree to which something matches true information or real events

is broader, covering general agreement with fact beyond sources

Antonyms

wrongness
1 5.4

A state of being not correct based on facts

How Correct

exactness
2 4.1
correctness
8 3.5
rightness
2 4.8

Surface Forms

rightness singular
rightnesses plural

Morphology

rightness = right (transparent) = right + ness

The word 'rightness' is transparently derived from 'right' with the addition of the suffix '-ness' to indicate a state or quality.

Etymology

Rightness comes from the same base right, which also means 'correct' or 'true' and is the word we use for a 'right' answer. So rightness can mean being in agreement with the facts or being correct.