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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.
The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook is a book written by Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf. It was published in 1992 by Villard Books in New York, by Grafton in London, and, by Random House of Canada Limited in Toronto. An updated edition was published in 1994.
Stacker traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History is a work of paleoconservative [citation needed] literature covering various issues in U.S. history by Thomas E. Woods, published in December 2004. This book was the first in the Politically Incorrect Guide series published by Regnery Publishing , who view the series as covering topics without ...
Common practice these days is for companies to steer clear of gender-specific job titles, or ones that have politically incorrect undertones, to avoid any chance of discrimination. Show comments ...
Over the years, sanitized versions of the song were released in which a lobster or crab grabs the wife by the nose [21] instead of by the genitals, [20] and others in which each potentially offensive word is replaced with an inoffensive word that does not fit the rhyme scheme, thus implying that there is a correct word that does rhyme. For ...
This article lists times that items were renamed due to political motivations. Such renamings have generally occurred during conflicts: for example, World War I gave rise to anti-German sentiment among Allied nations, leading to disassociation with German names. An early political cartoon lampooning the name change of hamburger meat during ...
Therefore, what seems to me a legitimate strategy for us to follow is to look at ways to separate ourselves from the institutions that have been captured by the ideology of Political Correctness, or by other enemies of our traditional culture. What I mean by separation is, for example, what the homeschoolers have done.