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'''Political correctness''' or '''P.C.''' most commonly refers to the alteration of ones choice of words in order to avoid either offending a group of people or reenforcing a stereotype considered to be disadvantagous to the group.  More specifically, groups which (or whose putative "leaders" or other activists) claim some status as systemically oppressed or discriminated against will periodically attempt to change the terms by which they are referred to and demand that society as a whole change its usage of words as well.
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'''Political correctness''' or '''P.C.''' most commonly refers to the alteration of ones choice of words in order to avoid either offending a group of people or reenforcing a stereotype considered to be disadvantagous to the group.  More specifically, groups which (or whose putative "leaders" or other activists) claim some status as systemically oppressed or discriminated against will periodically attempt to change the terms by which they are referred to and demand that society as a whole change its usage of words as well. Although traditionally associated with the liberals and the political left, Political Correctness has been challenged by libertarian comedian Bill Mahr and by left wing comedians Jon Steward and Stephen Colbert.
    
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