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  • noun political correctness

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Examples

  • White liberal male doesn't really like being all that liberal after all, would rather rant about "PCness" and bash on poor minority people with "too many" kids.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Kiva Oraibi 2005

  • I thought we had the same problem with required overly PCness.

    Somebody’s writing that one down. 2009

  • Back then, PCness was so central to our studentesque sense of self that our college passed a resolution to ban the Sun from the common room.

    Being PC in this day and age 2012

  • This video of a very popular Argentinian TV show called Duro de Domar reminds me about the fine line between Clint Eastwood's words about PCness, and flat out racism.

    "We, in former times, constantly made jokes about different races." Ann Althouse 2009

  • Though they tend to be a bit WASPy, there's still so much there worthy of being read numerous times and I'm not sure I'd be too concerned about the PCness of the canon if I'm stranded on a desert island.

    August 2006 2006

  • Though they tend to be a bit WASPy, there's still so much there worthy of being read numerous times and I'm not sure I'd be too concerned about the PCness of the canon if I'm stranded on a desert island.

    One of Those 2006

  • Stereotypically, they lack the level of PCness that the Democrats have, so the eyes are on them to get those juicy remarks.

    In Florida, a Dated Economic Reference - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • I think the affirmative action and PCness is now getting overly done.

    Hellboy II (2008) Steven Barnes 2008

  • And in closing, thank you for maintaining your non-PCness and using the name of the holiday correctly...long live Christmas and it's title.

    The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Jen 2008

  • PCness is a relatively new thing in Britain, and if it's new to us, it's VERY new to the rest of Europe.

    "So what is it that makes Rosie's 'ching chong' so offensive?" Ann Althouse 2007

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