politically correct

adjective

Translation

› careful to speak or behave in a way which is not offensive to women, people of a particular race, or people who have physical or mental problems

siyaseten doğru konuşan ve davranan; toplumun hassas çizgilerine dokunmayan

It's not politically correct to call women 'girls'.1010

political correctness noun [U]

(Definition of politically correct adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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