{
    "term": "integrity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**personal/professional/artistic integrity**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She behaved with absolute integrity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a man of great integrity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her photography had great artistic integrity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I would never do anything to compromise the integrity of the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's up to the user to ensure the integrity of the data they enter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has great personal integrity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He questioned her integrity as a councillor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She refused to compromise her artistic integrity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The article is indicative of his contempt for the basic standards of journalistic integrity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The code calls on members to behave with integrity at all times."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The minister promised to restore the honesty and integrity of the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have no doubts at all about his integrity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They preserved their integrity throughout the trial."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "high", "absolute"],
                "verb + integrity": ["have", "lack", "lose"],
                "preposition": ["with integrity"],
                "phrases": ["an attack on somebody’s/​something’s integrity"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the state of being whole and not divided",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to respect the territorial integrity of the nation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nuclear weapons have the capability to destroy the physical integrity of the planet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The project threatens the integrity of one of the world's most important wetlands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "unity",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["physical", "structural", "territorial"],
                "verb + integrity": ["have", "lose", "restore"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a challenge to something’s integrity",
                    "a threat to something’s integrity"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈteɡrəti/",
                "audio": "in/integrity/integrity__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈteɡrəti/",
                "audio": "in/integrity/integrity__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (2)): from French intégrité or Latin integritas, from integer ‘intact’, from in- (expressing negation) + the root of tangere ‘to touch’. Compare with entirety, integral, and integrate."
}