INCORRECTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incorrectness mean? 

• INCORRECTNESS (noun)
  The noun INCORRECTNESS has 2 senses:

1. lack of conformity to social expectations

2. the quality of not conforming to fact or truth

  Familiarity information: INCORRECTNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCORRECTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of conformity to social expectations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

improperness; impropriety (an improper demeanor)

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

political incorrectness (the use of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult groups who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against)

Antonym:

correctness (the quality of conformity to social expectations)

Derivation:

incorrect (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of not conforming to fact or truth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

incorrectness; wrongness

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

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

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

erroneousness; error (inadvertent incorrectness)

Antonym:

correctness (conformity to fact or truth)

Derivation:

incorrect (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)

 Context examples 

He is forever finding fault with me, for some incorrectness of language, and now he is taking the same liberty with you.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)