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correctness

[kuh-rekt-nis] / kəˈrɛkt nɪs /




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He also said there was a further issue about the "correctness" of new evidence provided by a very senior MI5 officer.

From BBC

She said actions to address harassment and violence against women, and other groups facing discrimination were increasingly perceived as political correctness.

From BBC

The tunes are all exuberant, and even with a new era of political correctness, never offensive.

From Los Angeles Times

"I have seen the arguments in the papers by some lawyers regarding the correctness of some civilians being tried in the Court Martial," President Museveni said in a long post on X.

From BBC

Comedy led the backlash against political correctness, which Lindy West astutely defined in a 2015 Guardian column as a fancy term for “not treating people who are already treated like garbage like garbage.”

From Salon