correctness
53
3.8
- noun
- /kəˈrɛktnəs/
:
corrección
- The speaker emphasized the importance of correctness in public discourse to foster respect among diverse groups.
- political correctness
- political correctness (PC)
- perceptions of political correctness
They do not like political correctness because that restricts them in their job.
- They do not like political correctness because that restricts them in their job.
- We appreciate that the pressure to conform to political correctness is insufferable.
- But now the racism, it hides in the reeds and bushes of political correctness.
- It is not the role of schools to inculcate kids with woke ideas and political correctness.
- And so it's really hard to write a joke now, not because of political correctness, not because you don't want to get cancelled.
- And I think sometimes we have political correctness from both left and right that are keeping our art forms from being free.
- Like people trying to be unified in certain political correctness, that is very dangerous.
- And all of this political correctness with language, it makes it very ugly, ugly.
- But and that political correctness has it's it's a force in academia, unfortunately.
Examples
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The term "political correctness" has been the source and subject of considerable confusion.
Academic text (1994) -
But the essence of what political correctness means to me is related to justice.
Academic text (1994) -
Another effective strategy is the use of the term "political correctness" itself.
Academic text (1999) -
All in the name of political correctness.
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Well, now with political correctness and all, it's best to keep a low profile.
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For these may be just as subject to "political correctness" as any public institution.
Academic text (1992) -
Such considerations, then, lead inevitably back to questions of political correctness in art education.
Academic text (1992) -
Today's left calls this "political correctness."
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Unlike many movements, however, political correctness has received an inordinate amount of academic and media attention.
Academic text (1993) -
Our decision to use the term political correctness rather than multiculturalism or cultural diversity was deliberate.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
155
3.0
Polite, respectful behavior that follows common social rules
71
4.2
Polite and respectful words and actions toward other people
27
7.4
Behavior that most people think is correct in a situation
26
1.3
Showing good manners and respect to other people
24
4.8
A state of behaving and thinking like most people or like rules say
19
4.6
Being seen by other people as proper and having a good name
4
7.0
A state of following a rule or standard
3
4.9
Polite behavior people expect in social situations
1
6.9
Following accepted customs and usual ways of doing things
1
3.9
Polite and kind behavior toward other people's feelings and wishes
Behavior that follows rules people expect
Being correct and appropriate for a situation
How suitable something is for a group or situation
A quality that shows polite, honest behavior and neat clothes
A polite way of behaving that shows respect for other people
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
People follow strict public rules about how to show love for their country
How Proper
- Formal
30
7.3
- Formal
27
7.4
5
4.8
53
3.8
- Formal
19
8.1
4
7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Correctness comes from correct, from a Latin word meaning 'to make straight' and it shares the same root as direct and rectangle. So, social correctness means behaving 'right' by the usual rules and manners.