Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being correct, or in conformity with truth, morality, propriety, or custom; conformity to any set of rules or with a model; accuracy, exactness, or precision: as, correctness of life or of conduct; correctness in speech or in writing; correctness of taste or of design; the correctness of a copy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being correct.
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- noun
freedom fromerror - noun
conformity to thetruth or tofact - noun conformity to
recognized standards - noun computing The state of an
algorithm that correctly mirrors itsspecification .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun conformity to fact or truth
- noun the quality of conformity to social expectations
Etymologies
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Examples
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For example, if ultracalvinists are Christians, "political correctness" is religious orthodoxy.
P. J. O'Rourke has Competition, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Political correctness is an abomination to all free societies and will prove to be the undoing of the life style that we have enjoyed for so long.
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Whether it's people walking off The View when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression.
Cantor: Republican Leadership Will Consider Defunding NPR Sam Stein 2010
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At bedrock, political correctness is about striving to express respect and kindness according to cultural values which may vary from the ones you were raised with.
Going Home Today 2009
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Political correctness is a real drag sometimes. paintbox
No More Free App Re-Downloads On iPhones | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Later in the chapter Nelson allows that while political correctness is not the “all defining campus cultural force the right makes it out to be, it does operate, in some contexts absurdly.”
Essays/Opinions 2010
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Whether it's people walking off The View when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression.
Cantor: Republican Leadership Will Consider Defunding NPR The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Changing Cap to a black guy for political correctness is just stupid.
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Political correctness is literally killing people in our country, in this case, killing our military.
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At bedrock, political correctness is about striving to express respect and kindness according to cultural values which may vary from the ones you were raised with.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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