politically incorrect

adjective

: not avoiding language or behavior that could offend a particular group of people

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And there is an unrepentant, politically incorrect villain with a dose of personality. — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025 Will anyone in Waterbury be politically incorrect enough to wonder aloud whether the girl might still be alive if Connecticut had more involuntary commitments? — Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025 Musk attempts to further reinforce his worldview through Grok, the proudly politically incorrect chatbot, and now Grokipedia, his competitor to Wikipedia. — Quinn Slobodian, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2026 Entertainment business and political observers, however, say the fight may be breathing new life into the politically incorrect satire program and providing the comedians behind it with more fodder for their weekly shows than ever. — Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for politically incorrect

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politically correct
politically incorrect
politicalness
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“Politically incorrect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politically%20incorrect. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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