"political correctness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: political correctnesses [plural]
Etymology: From politically correct + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|politically correct|ness}} politically correct + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} political correctness (countable and uncountable, plural political correctnesses)
  1. (uncountable) Avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude, marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Conspiracy theories
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  2. (countable) The result or product of being politically correct. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Conservatism, Freedom of speech, Leftism, Social justice Coordinate_terms: conservative correctness (english: used by leftists to refer to conservative censorship) Translations (being politically correct): siyasi düzgünlük (Azerbaijani), politkorrektlik (Azerbaijani), siyasi doğruluq (Azerbaijani), полити́ческа коре́ктност (politíčeska koréktnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 政治正確 /政治正确 (zing³ zi⁶ zing³ kok³) (Chinese Cantonese), 政治正確 /政治正确 (zhèngzhì zhèngquè) (Chinese Mandarin), politická korektnost [feminine] (Czech), politisk korrekthed [common-gender] (Danish), politieke correctheid [feminine] (Dutch), politika ĝusteco (Esperanto), poliittinen korrektius (Finnish), rectitude politique [feminine] (French), corrección política [feminine] (Galician), პოლიტკორექტულობა (ṗoliṭḳorekṭuloba) (Georgian), პოლიტიკური კორექტულობა (ṗoliṭiḳuri ḳorekṭuloba) (Georgian), politische Korrektheit [feminine] (German), Political Correctness [feminine] (German), PC [feminine] (German), πολιτική ορθότητα (politikí orthótita) [feminine] (Greek), politikai korrektség (Hungarian), pólitískur rétttrúnaður [masculine] (Icelandic), ポリティカル・コレクトネス (poritikaru-korekutonesu) (Japanese), 政治的正しさ (seijiteki tadashisa) (alt: せいじてきただしさ) (Japanese), ポリコレ (porikore) (Japanese), 정치적(政治的) 올바름 (jeongchijeok olbareum) (Korean), политичка исправност (politička ispravnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), политичка коректност (politička korektnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), politisk korrekthet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), politisk korrektheit [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), poprawność polityczna [feminine] (Polish), correção política [feminine] (Portuguese), corectitudine politică [feminine] (Romanian), полити́ческая корре́ктность (politíčeskaja korréktnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), политкорре́ктность (politkorréktnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), corrección política [feminine] (Spanish), politisk korrekthet [common-gender] (Swedish), politik doğruculuk (Turkish), siyasi doğruculuk (Turkish), siyaseten doğruluk (Turkish)
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "being politically correct",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "politisk korrekthet"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "being politically correct",
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          "sense": "being politically correct",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "being politically correct",
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          "word": "correção política"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "sense": "being politically correct",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "corectitudine politică"
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          "roman": "politíčeskaja korréktnostʹ",
          "sense": "being politically correct",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "полити́ческая корре́ктность"
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          "word": "политкорре́ктность"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "sense": "being politically correct",
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          "word": "politisk korrekthet"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "sense": "being politically correct",
          "word": "politik doğruculuk"
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    "en:Conspiracy theories",
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          "ref": "1991 May 4, George H. W. Bush, “President George H.W. Bush's commencement address at the University of Michigan”, in The Michigan Daily:",
          "text": "The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and sexism and hatred, it replaces old prejudice with new ones.",
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          "ref": "2002 October, Christopher Hitchens, “The Power of Facing”, in The Atlantic:",
          "text": "I mean, people who talk about political correctness as being a kind of thought police have no idea of what a thought police is. But political correctness does have the same mentality. It means that intellectual argument is doomed. Objective truth simply becomes a thing to jeer at, because obviously there's no such thing as objectivity—unless of course you're politically okay, in which case you can be objective. Any child can see through that, but many adults can't.",
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          "ref": "2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 72:",
          "text": "Political correctness cripples discourse, creates ugly language and is generally stupid.",
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "siyasi düzgünlük"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "politkorrektlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "siyasi doğruluq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "politíčeska koréktnost",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полити́ческа коре́ктност"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zing³ zi⁶ zing³ kok³",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "政治正確 /政治正确"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhèngzhì zhèngquè",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "政治正確 /政治正确"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politická korektnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "politisk korrekthed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politieke correctheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "politika ĝusteco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "poliittinen korrektius"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rectitude politique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corrección política"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗoliṭḳorekṭuloba",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "პოლიტკორექტულობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗoliṭiḳuri ḳorekṭuloba",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "პოლიტიკური კორექტულობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politische Korrektheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Political Correctness"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "PC"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "politikí orthótita",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πολιτική ορθότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "politikai korrektség"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pólitískur rétttrúnaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "poritikaru-korekutonesu",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "ポリティカル・コレクトネス"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいじてきただしさ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seijiteki tadashisa",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "政治的正しさ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "porikore",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "ポリコレ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeongchijeok olbareum",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "정치적(政治的) 올바름"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "politička ispravnost",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "политичка исправност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "politička korektnost",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "политичка коректност"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politisk korrekthet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politisk korrektheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poprawność polityczna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "correção política"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corectitudine politică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "politíčeskaja korréktnostʹ",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полити́ческая корре́ктность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "politkorréktnostʹ",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "политкорре́ктность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corrección política"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "politisk korrekthet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "politik doğruculuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "siyasi doğruculuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "being politically correct",
      "word": "siyaseten doğruluk"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "political correctness"
  ],
  "word": "political correctness"
}

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