POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against

Synonyms:

political correctitude; political correctness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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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