All 24 Uses
candid
in
Allegiant
(Edited)
- I was given a yellow Amity shirt and black Candor pants earlier as a result of that particular edict.
p. 15.7candor = in this novel, the group of people who most highly value honesty and directness
- She has a mother and a little sister, both former Candor.
p. 43.2
- Not just a young man—a Candor, dressed in black and white from head to toe.
p. 47.4
- No use—the kick hits the Candor boy in the side, and he groans, twisting away from it.
p. 47.6
- I unzip my blue sweatshirt and toss it at the Candor boy, who looks at me from the ground, blood streaming from his eyebrow.
p. 48.1
- The Candor boy calls, "Wait!"
p. 48.8
- There's only one place that could be: Candor headquarters, where I succumbed to the truth serum.
p. 51.4
- I drew a map on my arm before I left-1 know how to get to Candor headquarters from here, but I don't know the side streets that will keep us away from prying factionless eyes.
p. 55.6
- A circle of lit candles is arranged on the floor over one of the Candor scales set into the tile.
p. 58.6
- Pansycake, Nose ...is there a term for the Candor?
p. 90.9
- The Dauntless serum gives hallucinated realities, Candor's gives the truth, Amity's gives peace, Erudite's gives death—
p. 99.9 *candor = in this novel, the group of people who most highly value honesty and directnesseditor's notes: Outside of this novel, candor is not capitalized and means "honesty and directness". It is most commonly seen as an adjective in the form candid--meaning "honest and direct".
- And he's right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain; the Amity, peaceful but passive; the Candor, honest but inconsiderate; the Abnegation, selfless but stifling.
p. 123.4candor = in this novel, the group of people who most highly value honesty and directness
- There were a few Abnegation outliers, and one or two Candor, but the through line is fairly consistent.
p. 227.8
- I guess my way is very Candor, though.
p. 257.7
- "I spoke to some of my Candor friends," Johanna says.
p. 312.4
- She knows, not because she heard me confess to my shame in the Candor interrogation room, but because she knows, she has experienced it herself, I'm sure of it.
p. 313.3
- If she had really craved safety from Erudite's growing corruption, she could have gone to Amity or Candor.
p. 348.5
- Candor who switch to Dauntless tend to become boisterous, fight-picking adrenaline junkies.
p. 354.7
- I saw Christina with her family on Visiting Day, when she was still just a loudmouthed Candor transfer to me.
p. 403.6
- I keep thinking about when we were young and we played 'Candor,— he says.
p. 444.5
- You used to find the pulse in my wrist and tell me that if I lied, you would be able to tell, because the Candor can always tell when other people are lying.
p. 444.7
- Let's play Candor.
p. 445.5
- I remember hating her the first time I met her, because she was a Candor, because words just dribbled out of her mouth unchecked, careless.
p. 507.1
- Sometimes I go over them with Christina, and she listens better than I expected her to, Candor smart-mouth that she is.
p. 518.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(candid as in: your candid opinion) honest and direct
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(2)
(candid as in: a candid photograph) unposed -- typically said of a photograph
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)