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In the early 1990s, the two men wrote for a campus publication, attacking what they saw as political correctness destroying American higher education.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

She said actions to address harassment and violence against women, and other groups facing discrimination were increasingly perceived as political correctness.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

By far the most bizarre bits of detritus from this panic I encountered in my research were the “dictionaries” of political correctness that proliferated across various countries and languages.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2025

The French and German press and, to some extent, the Spanish press already participated in the political correctness panic in the 90s and early 2000s.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

No one had ever accused Root of political correctness.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer