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Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered.
Archibald MacLeish

Meaning of "rightness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RIGHTNESS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIGHTNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rightness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RIGHTNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Correctness

Correct or Correctness may refer to: ▪ Correctness, a religious concept ▪ Correctness is a concept in theoretical computer science ▪ Correctness is 1 − error rate. ▪ Political correctness, a sociolinguistic concept ▪ Correct, Indiana, unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana, USA...

Definition of rightness in the English dictionary

The definition of rightness in the dictionary is the state or quality of being right.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIGHTNESS


adroitness
əˈdrɔɪtnɪs
appropriateness
əˈprəʊprɪɪtnɪs
aquafitness
ˈækwəˌfɪtnɪs
brightness
ˈbraɪtnɪs
eyewitness
ˈaɪˌwɪtnɪs
fitness
ˈfɪtnɪs
forthrightness
ˈfɔːθraɪtnɪs
greatness
ˈɡreɪtnɪs
impoliteness
ˌɪmpəˈlaɪtnɪs
lateness
ˈleɪtnɪs
lightness
ˈlaɪtnɪs
politeness
pəˈlaɪtnɪs
reconditeness
rɪˈkɒndaɪtnɪs
slightness
ˈslaɪtnɪs
tightness
ˈtaɪtnɪs
triteness
ˈtraɪtnɪs
unfitness
ʌnˈfɪtnɪs
uprightness
ˈʌpˌraɪtnɪs
whiteness
ˈwaɪtnɪs
witness
ˈwɪtnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIGHTNESS

righter
rightful
rightfully
rightfulness
rightish
rightism
rightist
rightless
rightly
rightmost
righto
rights
rights issue
rights of way
rightsize
rightsizing
rightward
rightwards
righty
righty ho

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIGHTNESS

adeptness
alertness
aptness
bluntness
business
compactness
correctness
expert witness
flatness
hotness
physical fitness
pleasantness
political correctness
promptness
robustness
shortness
softness
sweetness
tartness
vastness
wetness

Synonyms and antonyms of rightness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rightness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIGHTNESS

Find out the translation of rightness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rightness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rightness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

正当性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rectitud
570 millions of speakers

English

rightness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सच्चाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صواب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

правота
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acerto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ন্যায্যতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

justesse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketepatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Richtigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

正義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정당성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bener
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính đúng đắn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேர்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

योग्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hakkaniyet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giustezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słuszność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

правота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corectitudine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ορθότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

korrektheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

riktighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

riktighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rightness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGHTNESS»

The term «rightness» is regularly used and occupies the 102.780 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGHTNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rightness

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9 QUOTES WITH «RIGHTNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rightness.
1
Dorothy Day
We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder them from their goal in the pursuit of their mission.
2
Felix Dennis
America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.
3
Keith Jarrett
I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it.
4
Rich Lowry
Bush's faith in the rightness of his strategy in the broader war is deep-seated. It is a product of faith.
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Archibald MacLeish
Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered.
6
Anne McCaffrey
Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there.
7
Larry Poons
There's something always instinctively visually right about nature. There's no difference, to my eye, between looking at a great painting and looking at nature. Because painting, when it's great, has the same immutable rightness, unquestioned rightness, about it.
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Francis Schaeffer
Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves.
9
Ida Tarbell
There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIGHTNESS»

Discover the use of rightness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rightness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices
Krausz (philosophy, Bryn Mawr College) has two main points to make about the interpretation of cultural ideas and practices.
Michael Krausz, 1993
2
Goodness and Rightness in Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
Keenan thus finds that Aquinas's earlier writings do not permit the possibility of such a distinction.
James F. Keenan, 1992
3
Limits of Rightness
In this searching book Krausz considers the conditions under which singularism obtains (where one and only one interpretation is admissible), the conditions under which multiplism obtains (where more than one interpretation is admissible), ...
Michael Krausz, 2000
4
Motive and Rightness
This is the first book to answer the question: Does the motive of an action ever make a difference to whether that action is morally right or wrong? Sverdlik's answer is yes.
Steven Sverdlik, 2011
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The Rightness of Things: A Cautionary Tale of America's Future
Can Gil overcome the chairwoman's powerful government and restore freedom to America? For more on the book and America in the middle to late twenty-first century, visit www.joadcycle.com.
Gary Levey, 2012
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Religious Goodness and Political Rightness: Beyond the ...
Offering a critique of the communitarian approach to religion and politics, the author explores the relationship between these two powerful forces, critiquing both conservative and liberal approaches. Original.
Yong Huang, 2001
7
Yoga for Bears: A Little Primer on the Unbearable Rightness ...
A humorous instruction guide features two beleaguered bears attempting to reproduce sometimes difficult positions as demonstrated by their graceful teacher bear, in an introduction to the basics and benefits of yoga.
Rosamond Richardson, James Ward, 1995
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Thinking And Destiny
Rightness is the name here given to the passive side of the thinker. Rightness is of as much importance to the human as its organ, the heart, is to the body. Rightness has some of the clear Light. It is as if a point opened from the heart into the ...
Harold W. Percival, 2001
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The World As Active Power: Studies in the History of ...
Suppose a person lacks rightness of will but has the power to keep rightness of will. What must the person do in order to keep rightness of will or, to be more precise, to start keeping rightness of will? It is clear there is nothing the person can do ...
Juhani Pietarinen, Valtteri Viljanen, 2009
10
Ways of Worldmaking
VII. On. Rightness. of. Rendering. 1. Worlds in Conflict With multiple and sometimes unreconciled and even unreconcilable theories and descriptions recognized as admissible alternatives, our notions about truth call for some reexamination.
Nelson Goodman, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIGHTNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rightness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Louise Thompson: Courage or comfort
The thing to know when you are facing any great change is do not get your sense of "rightness" mixed up with the emotion of fear. Try and separate the two. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
2
Voices of Faith: Why does God let evil acts happen?
May God strengthen our brothers and sisters in the coming days so his rightness can be felt in our nation. Yet the incident also leads to a question that I ... «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jun 15»
3
What does personal modesty have to do with political rightness?
Leon Suseran's 'A presidency of change' (May 28, 2015) is exactly the kind of gushing, fevered elation, misplaced euphoria, form over substance analysis that ... «Stabroek News, Jun 15»
4
The world came to recognise the courage and rightness of Ornette …
The world came to recognise the courage and rightness of Ornette Coleman ... to recognise not just the courage but the profound rightness of his achievement. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Mary Costello on the shelter of words and the rightness of writing
June 27th, 2012. Last June I gave up the day job to write fulltime. Now, when I rise, a long luxurious day opens before me. I don't know where time goes – I get ... «Irish Times, May 15»
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Would You Rather Be Right or Be Real? Letting Go of Our …
Have you ever wondered, to whom are we presenting the case of our rightness? And what are we hoping/believing will happen if our imaginary jury deems our ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
7
What science says about beliefs — and why we cling to them
Scientists have identified three main sources for the “feeling of rightness” that accompanies our beliefs, reports Lawton: “our evolved psychology, personal ... «MinnPost, Apr 15»
8
House Dems to Obama: Go Ahead, Do the Amnesty
“We will be on fire for rightness and justice.” Representative Sheila Jackson Lee. "We'll not be shutting the government down, threatening to default on the ... «Bloomberg, Nov 14»
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Democratic Representative Compares Obama's Executive Amnesty …
We will be on fire for rightness and justice.” Presumably, Johnson's opinions on further immigration are tied to whether or not the American territory Guam would ... «Daily Caller, Nov 14»
10
The unbearable rightness of being vegan
Calf-200 Our treatment of animals is a terrible betrayal of their innocence, their dependency and their helplessness. It is also a betrayal of ourselves – of our own ... «The Scavenger, Aug 14»

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