POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does political correctness mean? 

• POLITICAL CORRECTNESS (noun)
  The noun POLITICAL CORRECTNESS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: POLITICAL CORRECTNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLITICAL CORRECTNESS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

political correctitude; political correctness

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)