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political correctness

avoidance of language and action seen as excluding, marginalizing, or insulting
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political correctness

Summary

political correctness has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • political correctness is a type of language policy[2].
  • political correctness's Commons category is recorded as Political correctness[3].
  • political correctness's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Political correctness[4].
  • political correctness's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Communication[5].
  • political correctness's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[6].
  • political correctness's different from is recorded as cancel culture[7].

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Definition and Type

political correctness is a type of language policy[2].

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.[1] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0309723-politicka-korektnost
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0309723-politicka-korektnost, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
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