politically correct
Also, PC or p.c. Showing an effort to make broad social and political changes to redress injustices caused by prejudice. It often involves changing or avoiding language that might offend anyone, especially with respect to gender, race, or ethnic background. For example, Editors of major papers have sent out numerous directives concerning politically correct language. This expression was born in the late 1900s, and excesses in trying to conform to its philosophy gave rise to humorous parodies.
Political Correctness
Originally used by old-guard communists to mean toeing the party line, the term "politically correct" was resurrected in the 1970s and early 1980s by rightist writers and activists, who used it in an ironic sense to mock the Left's tendency toward dogmatic adherence to "progressive" behavior and speech.
The term entered general use in the late 1980s, when neoconservatives adopted "political correctness" as a disparaging name for what they believed was rigid adherence to multicultural ideals on college campuses. Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind (1987) and Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal Education (1992) became best-sellers indicting academic political correctness. They argued that academic extremists had corrupted higher education through, among other things, affirmative action in admissions, speech codes, and the substitution in the undergraduate curriculum of recent literature by women and minorities for the classics of Western civilization. Proponents of multiculturalism defended expansion of the curriculum and greater diversity within the undergraduate student body as a means of strengthening democracy. They also argued that conservatives often distorted the views of academic liberals, invented widespread oppression from isolated incidents, and used charges of political correctness to silence their opponents.
In the 1990s the use and meaning of the term continued to expand. "Politically correct" appeared on T-shirts and sports pages and in television show names, newspaper headlines, book titles, comic strips, and ordinary conversations. "P.C." became a label attached to a wide range of liberal positions, including environmentalism, feminism, and, in particular, use of inclusive, inoffensive terminology related to various groups. Rooted in dissatisfaction with university policies and fear of cultural change, charges of political correctness became a popular way to attack liberal activists and their causes.
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2007-03-06 00:53:48
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answered by Anonymous
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By politically correct is meant that a person attempts to appease
what he/she conceives to be the majority opinion of the times.
In other words, no heartfelt truth or answer should be stated, while there is the slightest possibility that it may not fit in with the accepted norm or status quo. Hypocrisy and politically correct should be considered interchangeable terms.
2007-02-28 14:31:08
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answered by walter b 1
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I don't think it has anything to do with politics. I think it means the right way to say something, like the most polite, or correct way of saying something.
2007-02-28 13:45:10
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answered by Anonymous
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In today's twisted society "politically correct" appears to mean what ever the media tells you it means.
2007-02-28 13:48:07
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answered by blogbaba 6
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As long as you don't insult or offend any minority or anyone from a different country, then it is politically correct.
2007-02-28 14:01:45
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answered by jw1269 3
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Have no idea what you habling about.I am correct , and it's about life not politics.
2015-02-23 23:42:28
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answered by Pampampubi 3
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No. It means avoiding at all costs insulting or hraming reputations of others. It's overused.
2007-02-28 13:44:01
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answered by Beachman 5
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