integrity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/, /ɪnˈtɛɡɹɪti/

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Noun

integrity (countable and uncountable, plural integrities)

1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
2. The state of being wholesome; unimpaired
3. The quality or condition of being complete; pure
4. (cryptography) With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.
5. (aviation) The ability of a system to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.

Synonyms

• decency
• goodness
• honesty
• probity
• purity
• rectitude
• sincerity
• unity
• uprightness
• virtue
• wholeness

 

Derived terms

• integrity level
• safety integrity level
• software integrity level

 

Related terms

• integrous (very rare)
• integer

 

Translations

steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code

• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: integritat f
• Cebuano: integridad
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正直 (zh) (zhèngzhí)

• Czech: integrita (cs) f, zásadovost f
• Finnish: rehellisyys (fi), suoraselkäisyys (fi), kunniallisuus (fi)
• German: Integrität (de) f
• Irish: ionracas m
• Italian: integrità (it) f
• Latin: honestās f, integritas f
• Maori: ngākau tapatahi
• Polish: prawość (pl) f, uczciwość (pl) f

• Portuguese: integridade (pt) f
• Romanian: integritate (ro) f
• Russian: че́стность (ru) f (čéstnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: интегрѝте̄т m, чѐстито̄ст f

  Roman: integrìtēt (sh) m, čèstitōst (sh) f

• Spanish: integridad (es)
• Swahili: uadilifu (sw)
• Swedish: integritet (sv) c
• Tagalog: integridad
• Ukrainian: че́сність (čésnistʹ)

state of being wholesome; unimpaired

• Catalan: integritat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完整性 (zh) (wánzhěngxìng)

• Czech: integrita (cs) f, celistvost (cs) f
• Finnish: eheys (fi), yhtenäisyys (fi), kokonaisuus (fi)
• German: Integrität (de) f
• Hungarian: integritás (hu)
• Italian: integrità (it) f

• Latin: integritās f
• Portuguese: integridade (pt) f
• Russian: це́лостность (ru) f (célostnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цјело̀вито̄ст f

  Roman: cjelòvitōst (sh) f

• Swahili: uadilifu (sw)
• Ukrainian: ці́лісність (uk) (cílisnistʹ)

quality or condition of being complete; pure

• Catalan: enteresa f
• Cebuano: lunsay
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完整性 (zh) (wánzhěngxìng)

• Finnish: eheys (fi)
• German: Integrität (de) f

• Italian: integrità (it) f
• Latin: integritās f, pūritās f
• Portuguese: integridade (pt) f
• Russian: це́лостность (ru) f (célostnostʹ)
• Swahili: uadilifu (sw)
• Ukrainian: ці́лісність (uk) (cílisnistʹ)

References

• integrity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia