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* {{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/political_correctness|title=Definition of ''political correctness'' in English|publisher=[[Oxford Dictionaries]]|accessdate=1 January 2017}}

* {{cite dictionary|title='Politically Correct' definition|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politically%20correct|dictionary=[[Merriam-Webster]]|accessdate=7 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Gibson">{{cite news|last1=Gibson|first1=Caitlin|title=How ‘politically correct’ went from compliment to insult|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-politically-correct-went-from-compliment-to-insult/2016/01/13/b1cf5918-b61a-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html|accessdate=7 October 2017|agency=[[The Washington Post]]|date=13 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=Kohl>{{cite journal|last1=Kohl|first1=Herbert|title= Uncommon Differences: On Political Correctness, Core Curriculum and Democracy in Education|journal=[[The Lion and the Unicorn (journal)|The Lion and the Unicorn]]|date=1992|volume=16|issue=1|pages=1–16|doi=10.1353/uni.0.0216 |url= http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/uni/summary/v016/16.1.kohl.html|accessdate=10 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Florence">{{cite journal|last1=Florence|first1=Joshua|title=A Phrase in Flux: The History of Political Correctness|journal=[[Harvard Political Review]]|date=30 October 2015|url=http://harvardpolitics.com/united-states/phrase-flux-history-political-correctness/|accessdate=7 October 2017}}</ref><ref name=Chow>{{cite news |last1=Chow|first1=Kat|title='Politically Correct': The Phrase Has Gone From Wisdom To Weapon|url= https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/12/14/505324427/politically-correct-the-phrase-has-gone-from-wisdom-to-weapon|accessdate=7 October 2017|publisher=[[National Public Radio]] ([[NPR]])|date=14 December 2016}}</ref> Since the late 1980s, the term has come to refer to a preference for [[inclusive language]] and avoiding language or behavior that can be seen as [[social exclusion|excluding]], marginalizing, or insulting groups of people considered disadvantaged or discriminated against, especially groups defined by sex or race. In public discourse and the media, it is generally used as a [[pejorative]], implying that these policies are excessive or unwarranted.<ref name=Friedman>{{cite book |last1= Friedman|first1=Marilyn|authorlink1=Marilyn Friedman|last2=Narveson|first2=Jan|authorlink2=Jan Narveson |title= Political correctness : for and against|date=1995|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|location=[[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham]] |isbn= 978-0847679867|url=https://books.google.com/?id=lnU9pMbHk0sC|accessdate=31 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=Kohl/><ref name="Schultz-1993a"/><ref name="Charles-Wartella"/><ref name="Roberts">{{cite journal |last=Roberts |first= Peter|date=1997|title=Paulo Freire and political correctness|journal= [[Educational Philosophy and Theory]]: Incorporating ACCESS|volume=29|issue=2|pages=83–101|doi=10.1111/j.1469-5812.1997.tb00022.x}}</ref><ref name=Duignan>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=60GOfMRZCAAC |last1=Duignan|first1=Peter |last2=Gann |first2=L.H.|title=Political correctness|date=1995|publisher=[[Hoover Institution]] – [[Stanford University]] |location=Stanford, [Calif.]|isbn=978-0817937430|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=Hughes>{{cite book |last=Hughes|first=Geoffrey|title=Political Correctness: A History of Semantics and Culture|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books/about/Political_Correctness.html?id=TDi-l-bsBZoC|at="[https://books.google.com/books?id=Zzw9WabmmVwC&pg=PT50&dq=%221975+-+Peter+Fuller%22 1975 – Peter Fuller]" |year= 2011|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=978-1444360295|chapter=Origins of the Phrase}}</ref>