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correctness

[kuh-rekt-nis] / kəˈrɛkt nɪs /




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Yiannopoulos was once regularly linked with the alt-right, a disparate group that is outspoken against political correctness and feminism, and which includes neo-Nazis and white supremacists among its ranks.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

My father, a World War II officer and stickler for correctness, was especially proud of my medal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

In the early 1990s, the two men wrote for a campus publication, attacking what they saw as political correctness destroying American higher education.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

The tunes are all exuberant, and even with a new era of political correctness, never offensive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2025

He has moist red lips; pale, almost translucent cheeks like fillets of raw sole; and an instinct for correctness that rarely fails him.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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