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Meaning of integrity in English

integrity
noun [ U ]
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/ɪnˈteɡ.rə.ti/ us
/ɪnˈteɡ.rə.t̬i/

integrity noun [U] (HONESTY)

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C2 approving
the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change:
No one doubted that the president was a man of the highest integrity.
 someone's artistic, professional, etc. integrity approving
someone's high artistic standards or standards of doing their job, and that person's determination not to lower those standards:
Keen to preserve his artistic integrity, he refused several lucrative Hollywood offers.
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Honesty, openness & sincerity
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integrity noun [U] (WHOLE)

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the quality of being whole and complete:
A modern extension on the old building would ruin its architectural integrity.
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Complete and whole
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(Definition of integrity from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

integrity | American Dictionary

integrity
noun [ U ]
us
/ɪnˈteɡ·rɪ·t̬i/

integrity noun [U] (HONESTY)

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the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles:
He was a man of the highest personal integrity.

integrity noun [U] (UNITY)

wholeness and unity:
The integrity of the play would be ruined by changing the ending.
(Definition of integrity from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

integrity | Business English

integrity
noun [ U ]
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the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change:
He was a journalist of immense skill and integrity.
the quality of being whole and complete:
They do not independently check the integrity of the data that companies send to them.
(Definition of integrity from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of integrity

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The precursor to having one's integrity protected (embodied by the requirement of one's consent) is the capacity to exercise will, make choices, and communicate desires.
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Two different hypothesis have been advanced to explain why the semantic representation of numbers is dependent on the integrity of these specific cortical regions.
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In order that the entire organization is held to standards of integrity, reporting needs to be able to go to all levels directly.
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The fifth dimension is the integrity of care, which requires that all of the above four stages be taken into account.
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In exchange for this sponsorship, scholars risked compromising their disciplinary integrity.
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This then reduces the vigour and 'bounce' of the elastic recoil and undermines the integrity of a breathing pattern set at birth.
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Unprotected freezing of human spermatozoa exerts a detrimental effect on their oocyte activating capacity and chromosome integrity.
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It is used to bestow integrity, or its lack, on a performer, such that an 'authentic' performer exhibits realism, lack of pretence, or the like.
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With this analytic approach in mind for evaluating systems' ethics, we can sketch some desirable design features for systems of organizational integrity.
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The tests of fit and justification involved in law as integrity do seem very accommodating of disagreement, however.
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The results suggest that intact alpha-1,4 glucosidic bonds are essential for vitelline layer integrity required for formation of the fertilisation membrane.
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Mitochondria were isolated and purified at early stages of germination (before radicle protrusion), and their oxidative properties, membrane integrity and ultrastructure were examined.
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Cellular membrane integrity was studied in developing endosperm during differentiation and maturation.
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State and society have been debilitated by the former's lack of legitimacy and by cumulative onslaughts on the economy and societal integrity.
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Such evidence clearly indicates that visual perception requires the functional integrity of distributed representations that are not confined to the occipital lobe.
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Collocations with integrity

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absolute integrity
What has been initially sought as the objective signifier of nature's absolute integrity now seemed more like a reproach to the claim of transcendental understanding.
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academic integrity
I shall not develop the point that it threatens the academic integrity of some old and important schools.
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architectural integrity
The architectural integrity of the site will, however, be fully respected.
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Translations of integrity

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誠實, 正直, 完整…
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诚实, 正直, 完整…
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高潔, 品位（ひんい）, 全体性（ぜんたいせい）…
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नैतिकता, सत्यनिष्ठा…
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integritet, ærlighed…
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integritet…
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die Rechtschaffenheit…
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integritet [masculine], hederlighet [masculine], helhet [masculine]…
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цілісність, незайманість…
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trung thực…
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prawość, integralność…
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진실성…
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