0 the act of avoiding language and actions that could be offensive to others, especially those relating to sex and race:
He claimed that not using the word "chairman" was political correctness gone mad.
I'm furious. This is just a silly application of rules and it's political correctness for the sake of it. It's crazy.
If you go back 40 or 50 years, there wasn't so much political correctness in the world.
I didn't think you'd use such a word, Carol. Not because of political correctness but out of courtesy, common humanity.
He shuns political correctness and has become infamous for his comments about immigration.
