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politically correctness
noun
Political correctness.
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Idealism is dismissed as naivete and sensitivity is derided as politically correctness.
Once upon a time, a picture book about a Male Character Knitting would almost indubitably have been received as Politically Correctness In Gender Roles For Children In Literature.
Both countries were dedicated to the "guarantee of freedoms respecting the traditional family, in the fear of God, our Creator, [and] oppose gender ideology, politically correctness and fake news," Bolsonaro said.
Fundamentally, the howls of conservative outrage are nothing more than demands for more "politically correctness" from government.
"The danger is that they are becoming 'trendy' and a fashionable way of ticking the box for politically correctness, without doing much.
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As Donald Trump the candidate never tired of repeating, "[T]he big problem this country has is being politically correct". Political correctness was insidious, in this view.
We were progressive - politically correct before political correctness even existed - and we knew it.
The expression "politically correct" or "political correctness" can be traced back to 1920s Germany, when communist academia sought to impose their views on students.
Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct, commonly abbreviated to PC) is a pejorative term used to criticize language, actions, or policies seen as being excessively calculated to not offend or disadvantage any particular group of people in society.
My least favorite term is, "politically correct," because, there is nothing correct about political correctness.
In the end the hand wringing over political correctness is just the politically correct way for some people to defend their unwillingness to change.
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