political correctness
- a word derived from politically correct.
Example Sentences
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In other words, the topic of political-correctness is officially ripe enough for CNN anchor and well-oiled gaffe machine Don Lemon to weigh in.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2015
This weekend, Jerry Seinfeld spoke out against a culture of political-correctness at colleges that he argued makes it extremely difficult to do comedy.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2015
Perhaps I'm sinning of being idealistic, but I keep believing, strongly, in the need for bringing new and innovative ideas into a world of doubts, old-ways, and political-correctness.
From Economist • Nov. 22, 2012
“Neither one of us have been to political-correctness school,” Cain said with a smile, “and I still don’t plan on going to any political-correctness school.”
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2011
He has spent quite some time with true-blue civil libertarians lately, and there's a political-correctness to them that bugs him.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
