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'''Political correctness''' is the avoidance of certain actions—such as using certain words or phrases—which are perceived to be discriminatory, marginalizing, or offensive to people who are seen as socially underprivileged.

'''Political correctness''' is the avoidance of certain actions—such as using certain words or phrases—which are perceived to be discriminatory, marginalizing, or offensive to people who are seen as socially underprivileged.<ref>http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/political-correctness</ref> Political correctness has been criticized as a form of censorship by some of its opponents, who compare political correctness to [[newspeak]]<ref>http://www.ourcivilisation.com/pc.htm</ref>, a fictional language seen in the [[George Orwell]] novel [[1984]] created by an [[authoritarian]] state intended to prevent certain forms of expression.