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candidity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kænˈdɪdɪtɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • kăndĭʹdĭtĭ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From candid + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:comparatively rare, uncountable) candidness
    • One of our Sophomore specials who attends English regularly once a week, while correcting sentences in the rhetoric recitation the other day, changed the sentence, “I admire his amiableness and candidness,” to read “I admire his amiability and candidity.” 1888: Columbia Spectator, volumes 22–24, page 173 (Spectator Publishing Co.)