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erectness

erectness

7.0
The state of being upright in position or posture
  • noun
  • /ɪˈrɛktnəs/
translation icon : erguimiento
  • He sat behind the wheel with an easy military erectness; his posture seemed to reflect his service in the Navy during the Second World War.
  • military erectness

Examples

  • The soldier's erectness during the ceremony demonstrated his training and discipline.

  • The man straightened, assuming a military erectness in the saddle as if to further assert his authority.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Since Darwin's day, paleoanthropologists have energetically sought the key to hominid erectness in many different places.

    Academic text (2003)

  • - Bow, bondslave, before the throne of your despot's glorious heels, so glistening in their proud erectness.

    Bloom (2003)

  • He maintained a proud erectness as he walked across the stage to accept his award.

  • With her back straight and head held high, she exuded erectness and confidence while delivering her speech.

Synonyms

verticality
vserectness
1 6.5

Being straight up and down at a right angle to the ground

is broader, covering posture and general orientation as well as angle
uprightness
vserectness
3.9

A straight, vertical position of the body or an object

is broader, applying to objects and positions beyond body posture
verticalness
vserectness
7.0

A state of being upright at right angles to the ground

is used for body or object orientation, not only geometric angle

Antonyms

horizontal
5 2.9

A line or surface parallel to the horizon

How Upright

erectness
7.0
posture
65 2.6

Surface Forms

erectness singular
erectnesses plural

Morphology

erectness = erect (transparent) = erect + ness

Formed by the adjective 'erect' plus the productive nominalizing suffix '-ness', meaning 'the quality or state of being erect' which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Erectness comes from the Latin erigere, meaning 'to raise up', and shares the same root as the English word erect. So, erectness is the state of being 'upright' or 'standing straight'.