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Political correctness" (adjectivally "politically correct"; commonly abbreviated to P.C.) is a term used to describe language, [1] [2] [3] policies, [4] or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society.
1 "Woke" and its common use as a synonym for political correctness. 4 comments. 2 TINA (and PC) 4 comments. 3 RfC on article neutrality. 5 comments.
Political correctness is language, ideas, policies, or behaviour seeking to minimize offense to groups of people. Politically Correct may also refer to: "Politically Correct" (song), a single released in 2000 by the American rock band SR-71; Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, book by James Finn Garner, published in 1994
Former President Richard Nixon secured the term into the political lexicon, albeit with a different meaning, with his "Silent Majority" speech on Nov. 3, 1969, requesting support for the Vietnam ...
Common practice these days is for companies to steer clear of gender-specific job titles, or ones that have politically incorrect undertones, to avoid any chance of discrimination. Show comments ...
The Democratic National Committee as well as the Democratic powerbrokers behind the scenes could have engineered a much stronger and much more electable ticket. They simply chose not to.
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, virtue signalling is "an attempt to show other people that you are a good person, for example by expressing opinions that will be acceptable to them, especially on social media... indicating that one has virtue merely by expressing disgust or favour for certain political ideas or cultural happenings". [4]
There are critics of political correctness, but also passionate advocates.