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conservative correctness

noun

conservative correctness

noun

Etymology Coined by John Wilson, author of The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education (1995), as a response to political correctness.

1

A manner of action and rhetoric that is inoffensive to rightists.

Synonyms
patriotic correctness
Hypernyms
political correctness

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.