POLITICALLY CORRECT

Meaning of POLITICALLY CORRECT in English

Function: adjective

Date: 1936

: conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of sex or race) should be eliminated

– political correctness noun

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

POLITICALLY CORRECT — adjective Date: 1936 conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POLITICALLY CORRECT — adjective : conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of sex …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLITICALLY CORRECT — — political correctness , marked by or adhering to a typically progressive orthodoxy on issues involving esp. race, gender, sexual …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POLITICALLY CORRECT — adj. demonstrating political correctness, appropriate in a political manner, sticking to a progressive conservatism on issues that involve race or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POLITICALLY CORRECT — Date: 1936 : conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POLITICALLY CORRECT — (or incorrect ) ■ adjective exhibiting (or failing to exhibit) political correctness.
Concise Oxford English vocab
POLITICALLY CORRECT — [politically correct] adj (1983): conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POLITICALLY CORRECT — adjective ( abbr. PC ) used to describe language or behaviour that deliberately tries to avoid offending particular groups of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLITICALLY CORRECT — poˌlitically corˈrect BrE AmE adjective ( abbreviation PC ) language, behaviour, and attitudes that are politically correct are carefully chosen …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POLITICALLY CORRECT — If you say that someone is politically correct , you mean that they are extremely careful not to offend or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLITICALLY CORRECT — If you say that someone is ~, you mean that they are extremely careful not to offend or upset any …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POLITICALLY CORRECT — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At least screwing the Brits is politically correct , whichever way you do it! ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POLITICALLY CORRECT — appropriate, not racist or sexist Advertise for a salesperson. Use the politically correct term.
English Idioms vocab
POLITICALLY CORRECT — appropriate, not racist or sexist Advertise for a sales person. Use the politically correct term.
English Idioms vocabulary
POLITICALLY CORRECT — амер.; полит. общественно приемлемый (о термине, формулировке и т.д.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POLITICALLY CORRECT — амер.; полит.общественно приемлемый (о термине, формулировке и т.д.)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POLITICALLY CORRECT — амер. ; полит. общественно приемлемый ( о термине, формулировке и т. д. )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
POLITICALLY CORRECT — амер.; полит. общественно приемлемый (о термине, формулировке и т. д.)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
POLITICALLY CORRECT — сокр PC политически корректный, политкорректный, общественно приемлемый О термине, формулировке и т.п., отобранных с целью не оскорбить и не задеть представителей какой-либо …
POLITICALLY CORRECT — (PC) политически корректный, политкорректный, общественно приемлемый О термине, формулировке и т. п., отобранных с целью не оскорбить и не задеть …
POLITICALLY CORRECT — амер.; полит. общественно приемлемый (о термине, формулировке и т.д.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CORRECT — correct- see corriger
Interlingua English vocab
POLITICALLY — adverb see: political
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CORRECT — I. kəˈrekt, rap. ˈkre- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English correcten, from Latin correctus, past participle of corrigere to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLITICALLY — pəˈlid.]ə̇k(ə)lē, pōˈ-, -it], ]ēk-, -li, in rapid speech ˈpli-\ adverb 1. archaic : in a polite manner : politicly politically …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLITICALLY — (adv.) Politicly; artfully.
Английский словарь Webster
POLITICALLY — (adv.) In a political manner.
Английский словарь Webster
CORRECT — (v. t.) To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or …
Английский словарь Webster
CORRECT — (a.) Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty …
Английский словарь Webster
POLITICALLY — ( adv. ) Politicly; artfully.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POLITICALLY — ( adv. ) In a political manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CORRECT — ( a. ) Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CORRECT — — correctable, correctible , adj. — correctability, correctibility , n. — correctingly , adv. — correctly , adv. — correctness …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POLITICALLY — adv. from a governmental standpoint; in a political manner, in the manner of involving a government
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POLITICALLY — see political
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CORRECT — I. kə-ˈrekt transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin correctus, past participle of corrigere, from com- + regere to lead …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POLITICALLY — adv politicly; artfully. 2. politically ·adv in a political manner.
Webster English vocab
CORRECT — vt to make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners …
Webster English vocab
CORRECT — [cor.rect] vt [ME, fr. L correctus, pp. of corrigere, fr. com- + regere to lead straight--more at right] (14c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CORRECT — correct BrE AmE kə ˈrekt ▷ correct|ed ɪd əd ▷ correct|ing ɪŋ ▷ correct|ly li ▷ correct|ness nəs nɪs ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POLITICALLY — / pəˈlɪtɪkli; NAmE / adverb in a way that is connected with politics : a politically sensitive issue politically motivated …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CORRECT — / kəˈrekt; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective 1. accurate or true, without any mistakes SYN right : Do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLITICALLY — po ‧ lit ‧ ic ‧ ally /pəˈlɪtɪkli/ BrE AmE adverb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ politician , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CORRECT — I. cor ‧ rect 1 S1 W2 /kəˈrekt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ correction , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POLITICALLY — see political
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CORRECT — ( corrects, correcting, corrected) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLITICALLY — see political
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POLITICALLY — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES economically/technically/politically etc feasible ▪ It was no longer financially feasible to keep the community centre …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CORRECT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a correct assumption ▪ Many people acted on the correct assumption that interest rates …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POLITICALLY — [adverb]She is very politically naive.If someone is politically correct ( PC), they believe that language and actions which could be …
Cambridge English vocab
CORRECT — [verb] [T]Students said it was helpful if the teacher corrected them (= told them what was right when they had …
Cambridge English vocab
CORRECT — Used to describe a person conspicuously committed to politically correct causes or liberal ideology. Example: The man is so correct …
Slang English vocab
CORRECT — I. verb 1. to set right something that is wrong correct a misstatement Synonyms: amend, emend, mend, rectify, right Related …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
POLITICALLY — adv.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
POLITICALLY — adv. Politically is used with these adjectives: ↑ acceptable , ↑ accountable , ↑ active , ↑ advantageous , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CORRECT — I. verb Correct is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bias , ↑ defect , ↑ deficiency , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CORRECT — adj. 25B6; adjective the correct answer : RIGHT, accurate, true, exact, precise, unerring, faithful, strict, faultless, flawless, error-free, perfect, word-perfect; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CORRECT — v. 1 right, set or put right, amend, redress, rectify, remedy, repair, fix; cure A good mechanic will be able …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
POLITICALLY — нареч. 1) политически, с государственной или политической точки зрения 2) обдуманно, расчетливо, хитро Syn : deliberately, after careful consideration политически; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CORRECT — 1. прил. 1) правильный, соответствующий, надлежащий (соответствующий общепризнанным стандартам) Syn : proper 2) верный, истинный, правильный, точный (соответствующий фактам) Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POLITICALLY — Хитро
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POLITICALLY — Расчетливо
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POLITICALLY — Политический
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POLITICALLY — Обдуманно
Американский Англо-Русский словарь

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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