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 
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Adjective
  • Modern football has brought many unquestionable improvements.
    Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Others include the unquestionable perpetrators of notorious acts of mass terror, such as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (the Boston Marathon bombing), Dylann Roof (the Emanuel AME Church mass shooting in Charleston), and Robert Bowers (the Tree of Life Synagogue mass shooting in Pittsburgh).
    The Editors, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • And because hybrid warfare is by its nature designed to evade clear attribution of responsibility, officials have hesitated to launch powerful responses without having indisputable evidence of an adversary’s identity.
    Lara Jakes, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • For people in fashion especially, the mall seems to kick up a particular nostalgia pang—especially around the holidays when so many formative memories were created, and clothing was the indisputable backdrop.
    Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Just as climate change is undeniable, so is the proliferation of jobs to address it.
    Aliza Knox, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The energy that humans bring to their craft is undeniable, often transcending their message and helping unlock new ideas in unrelated disciplines.
    Bill Connolly, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But for me, the main question isn’t necessarily the badness of the situation, which is incontestable.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
  • In recent decades, neuroscientists have wrenched this millennia-old question from the grip of philosophers, recognizing that the connection between neuronal activity and conscious experience is incontestable.
    Lindsey Laughlin, Ars Technica, 10 July 2024
Adjective
  • For Nikki, who died Monday at 81, our future depends upon our willingness to learn from everyday Black folks’ refusal to accept status-quo cruelties as incontrovertible realities.
    L. Lamar Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The evidence against the perpetrators was abundant and incontrovertible.
    Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
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  • 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
  • The organization’s positive outlook for 2025 was influenced by the likelihood that the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy will ease in 2025 and mortgage rates will stabilize around 6 percent next year.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Aura Nails Call in the good vibes, love, and positive energy this Valentine’s Day with aura nails.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimately, though, this is an out-of-favour player arriving on loan for five months, so there is a definite ceiling to the excitement.
    Alex Brodie, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This one looks like a definite must-see for families.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Politically correct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/politically%20correct. Accessed 16 Jan. 2025.

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