politically incorrect

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Adjective

politically incorrect (comparative more politically incorrect, superlative most politically incorrect)

1. Not politically correct; not conforming to correct political positions.
   • 1994, Richard Nixon, “America Beyond Peace”, in Beyond Peace‎^[1], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:

     The 1960s counterculture created a moral and spiritual vacuum that weakens the foundations of American society. The new elite of its adversary culture has disdained traditional morality— the stress on hard work, thrift, frugality, deferred gratification, the sanctity of marriage, fidelity, sexual self-control, and individual accountability. Those who still believe in these values are branded by the new elite as quaint, politically incorrect throwbacks who "just don't get it."

2. Not politically correct; considered to be disrespectful to a particular group of people.

   The word "geezer" is a politically incorrect term for an old person.

Synonyms

• un-PC

Antonyms

• politically correct

Translations

not politically correct

• Catalan: políticament incorrecte m, políticament incorrecta f
• Finnish: poliittisesti epäkorrekti
• Galician: politicamente incorrecto m, politicamente incorrecta f
• German: politisch inkorrekt, politisch unkorrekt, politisch nicht korrekt
• Italian: politicamente scorretto (it) m, politicamente scorretta (it) f
• Portuguese: politicamente incorreto m, politicamente incorreta f
• Spanish: políticamente incorrecto (es)
• Swedish: politiskt inkorrekt (sv)