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POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
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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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