Definition of political correctness in English:

noun

• [mass noun] The avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against:

  ‘women like him for his civil rights stand and political correctness’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This isn't a matter of so-called political correctness, but of social decency.’
  • ‘Every day I shake my head sadly as I hear yet more people complaining about political correctness gone mad.’
  • ‘The failing of the left in this regard is many of their people are all about ideology and political correctness.’
  • ‘Britain has changed because of the culture of political correctness perpetuated by the government.’
  • ‘Perhaps you feel as I do that it is political correctness gone mad.’
  • ‘It was not a mark of political correctness, but of social justice.’
  • ‘A further complication was the rigid political correctness being enforced by the Democrat hierarchy.’
  • ‘Most worrying in this changing political climate is the use of political correctness.’
  • ‘The reason is that people know that political correctness is a real issue.’
  • ‘Advertisers had argued that to ban the advertisements would be overzealous political correctness.’
  • ‘And no other politician would dare to ruffle the petticoats of political correctness as he does.’
  • ‘But in truth political correctness hasn't so much gone gaga as gone mainstream.’
  • ‘Whatever happened to political correctness in these days of feminist activism?’
  • ‘Aggressive feminism and political correctness have filled the vacuum of religious authority.’
  • ‘People stopped being careful around him, and all their political correctness just slipped away.’
  • ‘The case for equal treatment is not about political correctness, but about human decency.’
  • ‘The crackdown on the sex industry in Taiwan is a matter of political correctness.’
  • ‘I say that it is just another dose of political correctness from this Government.’
  • ‘The pioneers of political correctness made people think twice before opening their stupid mouths.’
  • ‘Carry on with the good work in the stand against political correctness.’