POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does political correctness mean? • POLITICAL CORRECTNESS (noun)
The noun POLITICAL CORRECTNESS has 1 sense:
1. avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
Familiarity information: POLITICAL CORRECTNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POLITICAL CORRECTNESS (noun)
Meaning:
Avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
political correctitude; political correctness
Hypernyms ("political correctness" is a kind of...):
correctness (the quality of conformity to social expectations)
Antonym:
political incorrectness (the use of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult groups who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against)
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