integrity English · revision 6420

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1400|origins=la integer}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/, /ɪnˈtɛɡɹɪti/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English integrite, [[bor|fro|integrité]] and directly [[m|la|integritās|t=soundness, wholeness; chastity]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|integer|t=whole, untouched]] (see [[integer]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Soundness, an unimpaired or uncorrupted condition: before 1400 in Barnhart;^(Barnhart 1988) innocence or chastity, about 1400 in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Wholeness or perfect condition is from the mid-15th century, about 1450 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Soundness of moral principle, uprightness and honesty, is first recorded in 1548.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The condition of having no part missing, completeness, is from 1533.^(OED 1989) The ''integrity'' of a structure or of data, its soundness, is a modern use.^(Collins 2023)^(AHD) Compare [[entirety]], [[integral]] and [[integrate]].^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1400 – soundness.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1450 – unimpaired condition.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1533 – completeness.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1548 – honesty, uprightness.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The state of being whole and undivided; [[unity]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Soundness of structure or condition: ''structural integrity''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tensegrity]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[integrate]]

+ * [[integrated]]

+ * [[integer]]

+ * [[integral]]

+ * [[entire]]

+ * [[entirety]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}