Political correctness or political correctitude (adjectivally, politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is the attitude or policy of being excessively careful not to offend or upset any group of people in society who have a disadvantage. Mainstream usages of the term politically correct began in the 1990s by right-wing politicia...
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n] - avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
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political correctitude noun avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
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Shorthand term for a set of liberal attitudes about education and society, and the terminology associated with them. To be politically correct is to be sensitive to unconscious racism and sexism and to display environmental awareness. However, the real or alleged enforcement of PC speech codes (`people of colour` instead of `coloured...
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