POLITICAL CORRECTITUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does political correctitude mean? 

• POLITICAL CORRECTITUDE (noun)
  The noun POLITICAL CORRECTITUDE has 1 sense:

1. avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against

  Familiarity information: POLITICAL CORRECTITUDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLITICAL CORRECTITUDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

political correctitude; political correctness

Hypernyms ("political correctitude" is a kind of...):

correctness (the quality of conformity to social expectations)