correctness

Example Sentences

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“Even in Seattle, where political correctness feeds at the twin troughs of good manners and social rectitude, satirist Mark Russell has a following,” John Levesque, TV critic of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper, wrote in 1997.

From Washington Post

The allegations include misogyny and sexism, breaching confidence and mocking political correctness publicly.

From BBC

"Marxism," "socialism," "political correctness," "demonic," "sexualization": The world of right-wing propaganda is rife with terms that have been appropriated and rendered meaningless, allowing conservatives to apply them to everything.

From Salon

Such concerns may get dismissed as "political correctness," but conscious language isn't about limiting what a person can say — it's about expanding representation and ultimately improving people's health.

From Salon

It said the court’s attitude is “certainly extraneous to the most elementary canons of trial legality and of professional correctness” of a magistrate.

From Seattle Times