What is the new word for politically correct?
Find another word for politically-correct. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for politically-correct, like: , considerate, politic, multiculturally sensitive, inoffensive, political-correctness, narrow-minded, p.c., claptrap, sensitive and chauvinistic.
How do you use politically correct in a sentence?
Politically-correct sentence example
- It wasn’t so much that he knew the politically correct things to say, but an instinct for reading people and finding their good qualities.
- Free market anarchism is, approximately speaking, politically correct .
- In today’s politically correct climate, care must be used.
What words are not politically correct?
List of politically incorrect words and their correct alternatives
| Alternatives | Terms no longer in use |
|---|---|
| Salesperson | Salesman, Saleswoman |
| Server | Waiter, Waitress |
| Sex Worker | Prostitute |
| Single woman | Spinster |
Why do we say politically correct?
Early usage of the term politically correct by leftists in the 1970s and 1980s was as self-critical satire; usage was ironic, rather than a name for a serious political movement. It was considered an in-joke among leftists used to satirise those who were too rigid in their adherence to political orthodoxy.
What is a formal word for Woke?
awakened, awoke. (also awaked), roused, wakened.
Is woken up grammatically correct?
There is no “woken up.” There’s a “woken,” but it doesn’t take an up. What’s more, “woken” is really more of a British thing. “Woken,” in British English, is the past participle not of “wake up” but of just plain old “wake.” But American English prefers “waked.”
What is a politically incorrect phrase?
: not avoiding language or behavior that could offend a particular group of people.