Usually means: Avoiding language that offends minorities.
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  1. politically correct: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. politically correct: Merriam-Webster
  3. politically correct: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. politically correct: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. politically correct: Collins English Dictionary
  6. politically correct: Vocabulary.com
  7. politically-correct: Wordnik
  8. politically correct: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. politically correct: Wiktionary
  10. politically correct: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. politically correct: Dictionary.com
  12. Politically Correct (disambiguation), Politically Correct (song), Politically correct: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. politically correct: Rhymezone
  14. politically correct: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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  16. politically correct: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  18. Politically correct: Phrase Finder

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  2. politically correct: Legal dictionary
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  1. politically correct: Encyclopedia

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  1. politically correct: Medical dictionary

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  2. politically correct: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)

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  1. Politically Correct: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (politically correct)

adjective:  (politics) Possessing or conforming to the correct political positions; following the official policies of the government or a political party.
adjective:  (idiomatic, sometimes derogatory) Sensitive to giving offense on the grounds of race, sex, etc.
adjective:  (idiomatic, politics, derogatory) Stereotypically left-wing; possessing or conforming to stereotypical left-wing social views.
verb:  (transitive) To modify in a way that is considered more respectful to minorities.
verb:  (transitive) To modify in a way that conforms more to the official position of a government or political party.

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