politically correct

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Recent Examples of politically correct In other words, hiring and promoting for culture-fit is a politically correct, socially accepted, and benevolent way to promote in-group favoritism and tribalism. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 There are also some trends that tend to impose a dictatorship of politically correct topics. Marta Balaga, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024 The biases of emotional anthropocentrism and intellectual anthropocentrism have prevented us from seeing that there are many more ways of reacting to death than what is considered politically correct in our societies. Susana Monsó, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024 For starters, Coppola seems to think — and Megalopolis repeatedly seems to imply, however inadvertently — that the greatest risk of fascism comes from the politically correct, insurgent left, rather than from oppressive systems. Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See all Example Sentences for politically correct 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for politically correct
Adjective
  • Regardless, what is unquestionable is that Mr. Biden has pushed the presidential pardon power into new ground.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Jan. 2025
  • With a career spanning 19 full-time seasons and 34 series victories, including a 2017 championship, Truex Jr's success in NASCAR is unquestionable.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Two high-profile celebrity marriages and plenty of box office hits later, Moore's place in Hollywood's firmament is indisputable.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Legal precedents and constitutional protections make Harris' eligibility for the presidency indisputable, despite misinformation circulating on social media.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • From his days shaping the sound of Southern hip-hop with Cash Money Records to his ongoing influence in music and the community, Fresh’s impact is undeniable.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Eventually, the destruction wrought by this new regime will be undeniable, even to some of its supporters.
    Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But the personal drama between them was incontestable.
    Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But for me, the main question isn’t necessarily the badness of the situation, which is incontestable.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Despite intersex invisibility in broader society, our incontrovertible existence demonstrates that Trump’s order is neither based in reality nor biology.
    Alicia Roth Weigel, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
  • When senators read from their self-aggrandizing scripts, the resemblance to play actors is incontrovertible.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The DeSantis announcement is an indubitable win for Musk.
    Scott Nover, Quartz, 24 May 2023
  • There is all of a sudden one Way of Knowing which presents us with indubitable truths.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2010
Adjective
  • While a strong economy is a positive backdrop for stocks, their underlying fundamentals are what tend to drive prices.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This is creating space for a new and positive transformation.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Indeed, there are definite improvements that should be made to improve airline safety, according to experts interviewed by CNN’s Marnie Hunter and Julia Buckley.
    Harry Enten, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Thinning blood and therefore making clots less likely is a definite pro for those who are at higher risk of cardiovascular issues.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025

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“Politically correct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/politically%20correct. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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