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
  • 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
  • Modern football has brought many unquestionable improvements.
    Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 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
  • Disrupting Youth Culture TikTok’s impact on youth culture is undeniable.
    Shira Jeczmien, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The connection between postsecondary education and economic prosperity is undeniable.
    Mark Wilson, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
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
  • Shareholder activism often comes down to making an incontrovertible argument.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Their denials could easily be dismissed because the evidence seems incontrovertible—after all, seeing has always been believing.
    Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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
  • Leaders' responses to this complexity may not always be ideal; many tend to give undue credence to complex thinking, viewing it as inherently positive rather than striving for simplification (confirmation bias).
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • He’s got No. 2/3 upside and this season has been a positive step in that direction.
    Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This one looks like a definite must-see for families.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 6 Jan. 2025
  • 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

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“Politically correct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/politically%20correct. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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