politically correct

Etymology
The earliest known attestation is in late 18th century United States, in response to a toast made to “the United States” instead of to “the people of the United States”.

In the early twentieth century the term was associated with the dogmatic application of Stalinist and Communist Party doctrine, and later popularised by in his 1963 essay Where Do Correct Ideas Come From? which equated “correct” with “the disciplined acceptance of a party line”.

In the 1970s it was adopted by wider left-wing politics. The first known use in this sense was by in her 1970 anthology The Black Woman. It was subsequently used in a statement by in December 1975 in her capacity as president of the National Organization for Women.

In the 1980s it acquired the pejorative sense when used to mock conformist liberal academics, their stereotypical political views and alleged attempts to control language.

Adjective

 * 1)  Possessing or conforming to the correct political positions; following the official policies of the government or a political party.
 * 2) * 1793, U.S. Supreme Court, Chisholm v State of GA, 2 US 419 (1793)
 * Sentiments and expressions of this inaccurate kind prevail in our common, even in our convivial, language. Is a toast asked? ‘The United States’, instead of the ‘People of the United States’, is the toast given. This is not politically correct.
 * 1) * 1934/1970,, "The Author as Producer" (address at the Institute for the Study of Fascism, Paris, April 27, 1934), as translated by John Heckman for  1/62, July-August 1970:
 * [On] the one hand we should demand that the poet's work conform to the correct political tendency, on the other hand we have the right to expect that his work be of high quality. [...] I want to show you that the political tendency of a work can only be politically correct if it is also literarily correct. That means that the correct political tendency includes a literary tendency. For, just to clarify things right away, this literary tendency, which is implicitly or explicitly contained in every correct political tendency – that, and nothing else constitutes the quality of a work.
 * 1)  Sensitive to giving offense on the grounds of race, sex, etc.
 * 2) * 2024, Zoe Kleinman (technology editor), "Why Google's 'woke' AI problem won't be an easy fix" (BBC News)
 * It appears that in trying to solve one problem - bias - the tech giant has created another: output which tries so hard to be politically correct that it ends up being absurd.
 * 1)  Stereotypically left-wing; possessing or conforming to stereotypical left-wing social views.
 * 1)  Sensitive to giving offense on the grounds of race, sex, etc.
 * 2) * 2024, Zoe Kleinman (technology editor), "Why Google's 'woke' AI problem won't be an easy fix" (BBC News)
 * It appears that in trying to solve one problem - bias - the tech giant has created another: output which tries so hard to be politically correct that it ends up being absurd.
 * 1)  Stereotypically left-wing; possessing or conforming to stereotypical left-wing social views.
 * 1) * 2024, Zoe Kleinman (technology editor), "Why Google's 'woke' AI problem won't be an easy fix" (BBC News)
 * It appears that in trying to solve one problem - bias - the tech giant has created another: output which tries so hard to be politically correct that it ends up being absurd.
 * 1)  Stereotypically left-wing; possessing or conforming to stereotypical left-wing social views.

Usage notes
While "politically correct" frequently refers to a linguistic phenomenon, it is sometimes extended to cover political ideology and behavior, curriculum content, and many areas affected by law, regulation, and public pressure. Like "woke" and "social justice warrior", "politically correct" started off as a positive term used by people to describe themselves and their behavior but, in some contexts, gained negative connotations over time. Some derogatory uses of "politically correct" refer to people who would self-identify as politically correct or to people whose actions are deemed to be overzealous, performative, or insincere.

Translations

 * Catalan: políticament correcte, políticament correcta
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 政治正確
 * Mandarin: 政治正確
 * Czech: politicky korektní
 * Danish: politisk korrekt
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: politicamente correcto, politicamente correcta
 * Georgian: პოლიტიკურად კორექტული, პოლიტკორექტული
 * German: politisch korrekt
 * Greek: πολιτικώς ορθό
 * Hungarian: politikailag korrekt, polkorrekt
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 政治的に正しい, ポリティカリー・コレクト,
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: политички исправен, политички коре́ктен
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, PK, P.K.
 * Nynorsk: politisk korrekt, PK, P.K.
 * Polish: poprawny politycznie
 * Portuguese: politicamente correto, politicamente correta
 * Romanian: politic corect
 * Russian: полити́чески корре́ктный,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: siyaseten doğru
 * Walloon:

Verb

 * 1)  To modify in a way that is considered more respectful to minorities.
 * 2)  To modify in a way that conforms more to the official position of a government or political party.
 * 1)  To modify in a way that conforms more to the official position of a government or political party.
 * 1)  To modify in a way that conforms more to the official position of a government or political party.
 * 1)  To modify in a way that conforms more to the official position of a government or political party.