political correctness
noun[U]
uk/pəˌlɪt.ɪ.kəl kəˈrekt.nəs/us/pəˌlɪt̬.ə.kəl kəˈrekt.nəs/theactofavoidinglanguageandactionsthat could beoffensivetoothers,especiallythoserelatingtosex,gender, andrace:
Heclaimedthat not using the word "chairman" waspoliticalcorrectnessgonemad.他声称不使用“主席”这个以男性语素-man结尾的英文词是政治正确得走火入魔了。
See
politically correct
- I'mfurious. This is just asillyapplicationofrulesand it'spoliticalcorrectnessfor thesakeof it. It'scrazy.
- If you go back 40 or 50years, there wasn't so muchpoliticalcorrectnessin theworld.
- I didn'tthinkyou'd use such a word, Carol. Not because ofpoliticalcorrectnessbut out ofcourtesy,commonhumanity.
- Heshunspoliticalcorrectnessand hasbecomeinfamousfor hiscommentsaboutimmigration.
Polite and respectful
- candy coat
- candy-coated
- chivalrous
- chivalrously
- chivalry
- courtly
- couth
- deferential
- deferentially
- euphemistic
- graciously
- graciousness
- keep a civil tongue inyourheadidiom
- manner
- mind/watch your mannersidiom
- super-polite
- tactful
- tactfully
- ultra-civilized
- ultra-refined