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Political correctness

Political correctness (adjectivally "politically correct"; commonly abbreviated to P.C.) is a term used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society. Since the late 1980s, the term has been used to describe a preference for inclusive language and avoidance of…

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see also · 43
Political correctness → Ability, Act, Agenda-setting, Basic, Belief, Bolshevism, British, Christmas, Concept, Defunct, Discrimination, Educational, Effect, English Language, Far-right, Fictional, Form, Generally, George OrwellRed-baiting, German
related to Further reading · 42
Political correctness → America, Analyzing, Antidiscrimination Laws, Arthur, Bernstein, But Not, Cato Institute, Civil Liberties, David, Debates, Debra, Diversity, Duke University Press, Durham, Free Speech, HarperCollins, Hentoff, High Education, Higher Education, ISBN
related to Satirical use · 25
Political correctness → Anderson, Andrew Sullivan, Brian, Euphemisms, George Carlin's, In, James Finn Garner, Other, PC Police, PC Principal, PCU, Political, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Politically Incorrect, Rens Zbignieuw, Saul Jerushalmy, Season, South Park, South Park Conservatives, South Park Republican
related to 1970s · 22
Political correctness → American New Left, An Anthology, Bart Dickon, Bobby London, Debra, Ellen Willis, In, Mao, Mao's Little Red Book, Merton, Movement, New Left, PC, Revolution, Shultz, The, The Black Woman, Thereafter, Toni Cade Bambara, Toward
related to 1980s and 1990s · 21
Political correctness → According, Across, Allan Bloom's The Closing, American, American Mind, An October, At, Bloom's, Bloom's Closing, CMU Jeffrey, English, Gamson, In May, New York Times, Nexis, Professor, Reagan, Richard Bernstein, Sociologist Anthony Platt, The New York Times
related to Early to mid-20th century · 17
Political correctness → According, American, Aryans, At, Communist Party, Herbert Kohl, In, Later, Leninist, Marxist, Nazi Germany, New York, Russian Revolution, Soviet Union, The, The New York Times, United States
related to Media · 17
Political correctness → According, Authors David Sloan, Britain, Emily Hoff, He, In, John Wilson, Many, McGowan, Newsroom, Place, Political Correctness Has No, Robert Novak, Time, TV, US, William McGowan
related to As a conspiracy theory · 14
Political correctness → Cultural Marxism, Frankfurt School, In, Judeo-Christian, Lyndon LaRouche, Marxism, Michael Minnicino's, New Dark Age, Patrick Buchanan, Some, The, The Death, This, West
related to Inclusive language · 5
Political correctness → At, Equity Language, Inclusive, Political, This
related to As a socio-linguistic phenomenon · 4
Political correctness → In, Linguist Geoffrey Hughes, Norman Fairclough, Similarly

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