"politically incorrect" meaning in All languages combined

See politically incorrect on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-politically incorrect.ogg Forms: more politically incorrect [comparative], most politically incorrect [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} politically incorrect (comparative more politically incorrect, superlative most politically incorrect)
  1. Not politically correct; not conforming to correct political positions.
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  2. Not politically correct; considered to be disrespectful to a particular group of people.
    Sense id: en-politically_incorrect-en-adj-Me1HN4KF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: non-PC, un-PC Translations (not politically correct): políticament incorrecte [masculine] (Catalan), políticament incorrecta [feminine] (Catalan), poliittisesti epäkorrekti (Finnish), politicamente incorrecto [masculine] (Galician), politicamente incorrecta [feminine] (Galician), politisch inkorrekt (German), politisch unkorrekt (German), politisch nicht korrekt (German), politicamente scorretto [masculine] (Italian), politicamente scorretta [feminine] (Italian), politicamente incorreto [masculine] (Portuguese), politicamente incorreta [feminine] (Portuguese), políticamente incorrecto (Spanish), politiskt inkorrekt (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'not politically correct': 51 49

Alternative forms

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