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politiquement correct — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • woke adj Aware of and actively concerned about social injustice, especially around race.

Senses

politiquement correct is used for these senses in English:

  • political correctness (countable) The result or product of being politically correct.
  • politically correct (idiom, sometimes, derogatory) Sensitive to giving offense on the grounds of race, sex, etc.
  • woke (originally, AAVE, slang) Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially of racial and other social justice issues.
  • woke (by extension, politics, slang, often, derogative) Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.

woke — full definition

  1. adj Aware of and actively concerned about social injustice, especially around race.
  2. adj Used critically to describe someone or something seen as overly focused on political correctness or identity politics.

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