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noun
The characteristic of being incorrect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wrongness
Antonyms: correctness
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: erroneousness, error
noun
lack of conformity to social expectations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: correctness
Broader terms: impropriety, improperness
Narrower terms: political incorrectness
History
Etymology tree English incorrect Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English incorrectness From incorrect + -ness.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
