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political correctness

neo-puritanical ideology consisting in the avoidance of language and action seen as excluding, marginalizing, or insulting, usually through censorship and revisionism
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Summary

political correctness ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,302 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: language policy[2]
  • Commons category: Political correctness[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Political correctness[4]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Communication[5], Red Blue Translator[6]
  • Different from: cancel culture[7]

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Influence

Things named for political correctness include /pol/[8], a red board[9], founded in 2011[10].

Why It Matters

political correctness has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for it include /pol/[8], a red board[9], founded in 2011[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gsso id → 007249
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'diq
    Wikidata description → neo-puritanical ideology consisting in the avoidance of language and action seen
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gsso id: 007249, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157144066|political correctness (#157144066)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6077|Gender, Sex"
  2. 11w ago · Dronebogus · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Cigarette packet warning signs from Bosnia and Herzegovina.j
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Cigarette packet warning signs from Bosnia and Herzegovina.jpg"
  3. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → political-correctness
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: political-correctness, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950672|political correctness (#289950672)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0309723-politicka-korektnost
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0309723-politicka-korektnost, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
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