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  2. Political correctness - Wikipedia

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    Political correctness" (adjectivally "politically correct"; commonly abbreviated to P.C.) is a term used to describe language, [1] [2] [3] policies, [4] or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society.

  3. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Term Notes References Lame: In reference to difficulty walking or moving. The term has since been adopted into urban slang to generally refer to something or someone as "meaningless" or "without worth", e.g. "He told us a lame excuse for why he had not done the work." [6] [21] [22] Losing one's mind [25] Losing / Lost one's marbles [citation ...

  4. Retard (pejorative) - Wikipedia

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    For this reason, the term is now widely considered as degrading even when used in its original context. [11] Much like today's socially acceptable terms idiot and moron, which are also defined as some sort of mental disability, when the term retard is being used in its pejorative form, it is usually not being directed at people with mental ...

  5. 14 Politically Correct Job Titles

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    14 Politically Correct Job Titles. CareerBuilder. Updated July 14, 2016 at 6:25 PM. politically correct job titles. By Debra Auerbach.

  6. What does 'woke' mean in politics? How the term is used now ...

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    Overall, 39% say the word reflects what has become the GOP political definition, "to be overly politically correct and police others' words." 56% of Republicans agreed with this view.

  7. What does it mean to be ‘woke?’ Majority in the US have ...

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    Additionally, nearly half (48%) of survey respondents ages 50-64 defined “woke” as “being overly politically correct,” while only 33% of respondents ages 18-34 said the same.

  8. Poverty - Wikipedia

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    A 2018 report on poverty in the United States by UN special rapporteur Philip Alston asserts that caricatured narratives about the rich and the poor (that "the rich are industrious, entrepreneurial, patriotic and the drivers of economic success" while "the poor are wasters, losers and scammers") are largely inaccurate, as "the poor are ...

  9. Native American name controversy - Wikipedia

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    The word amérindien contains the word indien (Indian) and since they are not Indians, the word is no longer favored and it has, for example, been removed from some elementary school textbooks. [45] [46] The term indigène is not used as it is seen as having negative connotations because of its similarity to the French indigent ("poor").