Definition of politically correct
Etymology: English "politically" proper seeks.
expression "political correctness" has appeared in the United States (politically correct) at the end of the twentieth century, to denounce or make fun of an attitude that not to offend or disparage any minority.It is used to describe a socially acceptable way of expressing themselves.
In French, the "politically correct" is a form of speech or of normative discourse that seeks to please everyone, not to offend any sensibilities, especially in groups or minority groups perceived as disadvantaged and to avoid making anyone feel the difference as inferiority or pattern ofexclusion.
The words deemed offensive or derogatory are replaced by other bias-free and the use of euphemism to circumlocutions to circumlocution.
The language "politically correct" is used, for example, in terms of races, ofethnicities, cultures,religions, genders, ailments, socialclass,sexual orientation
Synonyms: jargon,self-righteous, conformism, Newspeak.... sidestep the
expression "political correctness" has appeared in the United States (politically correct) at the end of the twentieth century, to denounce or make fun of an attitude that not to offend or disparage any minority.It is used to describe a socially acceptable way of expressing themselves.
In French, the "politically correct" is a form of speech or of normative discourse that seeks to please everyone, not to offend any sensibilities, especially in groups or minority groups perceived as disadvantaged and to avoid making anyone feel the difference as inferiority or pattern ofexclusion.
The words deemed offensive or derogatory are replaced by other bias-free and the use of euphemism to circumlocutions to circumlocution.
The language "politically correct" is used, for example, in terms of races, ofethnicities, cultures,religions, genders, ailments, socialclass,sexual orientation
Synonyms: jargon,self-righteous, conformism, Newspeak.... sidestep the
Intended not to offend any susceptibility (a dictionary without bad words without familiar words without insulting terms, without pejorative terms, is "politically correct ")
Philippe Couillard
Quebec Premier
History
The philosopher Michel Foucault wrote, "political thought can not be politically correct only if it is scientificallyrigorous."Later used byconservatives, American aired on US campuses during the 1980s, the term was intended to mock, and to fight, employees speeches left on the defense of minorities.
The term became widespread in Frenchin the early 1990s.it is approaching, in common parlance, the phrases"right-thinking"or"conformity"- and although this correlation is rightly challenged by advocates of "political correctness"States.
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In the United States the term Political Correctness has a longhistory.In the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth century it is rather applied to designate correctness in legal or political contexts. The words "right" and "correctness" it had the meaning of "grammar checking" or "correct according to the rules of law", whether civil law or constitutional law. It was only later, in the 1980s, he acquired a new meaning, which can be expressed as linguistically consistent in terms of manners and common beliefs.
In Francophone countries
in French, the term has distributed fairly recently, in the late 1980s, which explains that the only sense used here is the latest. This is also a anglicism, the two terms do not have in French the same extension in English.
Political Censorship
The development of its use has been mainly in the 1990s, but its lack of linguistic motivation that she never had the same extension customary in English speakingcountries.
It seems that it was in use at the end of the 1970s and early 1980s in liberal groups (in the American sense of the term) or left to deride certain excesses observed in their own groups, but its use to specifically describe the groups supposed to want to exercise some moral police and purify the expression language and offensive or demeaning terms considered from the beginning was clean use certain preservatives, usually close to theadministrations Republican of the era administrations), (Reagan and Bushalthough several have been pretty close to the DemocraticParty.
Political aspects
In United States, political correctness is critical in the conservative political discourse. In France the criticism is more diffuse although it also refers vectors: politicaland mediaeuphoric expressions used by politicians and journalists of major newspaperspolicy.
The word "politically" refers both "policy",meaning within the meaning of doctrine, both "concerted practice of a State" (as in"publicpolicy"or"scorchedearthpolicy"),social rules (as in"moralitypolice")and formal or legal rules the use of a certain object (see "policy" of the manuals in English) and "politics" which equals the restricted sense of "policy" of contemporary French "regarding public affairs and the government. " Conversely, the words "correct," "correctness" have in their current use, meaning smaller and result in more "accurate", "accuracy".
From a linguistic point ofview,we can say that in French the terms "politically correct" and "political correctness" does not make much sense (if not precisely a linguist), due to the restriction of use of the term "political" and the weakening of the meaning of "police""civilized",which is only rarely used as a synonym for "civility" as a noun and as an adjective or noun, figure especially in idioms ("morality police","civilized manners", "language civilized").Contemporary French "politically" the term is associated in its current use, at the policy as an instrument of governmentFrench.
The difference is that understanding of the expression is very different for an English or For first it generally refers to a way of expressing socially permissible, while in French it rather elusive sense of normative and political discourse was called previously"waffle""talk to say nothing."
Uses
Whenhis acclimation French, the term was intended to point the same objects as in its use in the United States, that is to say, some "language police" and an abuse of circumlocutions euphoric.Outside NorthAmerica,it is noted, however, no such policy language and circumlocution, euphemisms and understatements was the prerogative of any easily identifiablebelow.
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In Francophonedomain outside of North America, the term has taken over time another meaning, so becoming practically synonymous with "waffle"speech based circumlocutioncircumlocution, euphemisms and phrases frozen"disabled.";
However, it can bring in the category of "political correctness" has become almost mandatory use of terms such as "Blind"; "Rmiste" etc., instead of Old French words that had nothing particularly stigmatizing as "invalid" or "invalid"; Blind; "Needy" or "poor", etc. 
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For sociologist RaymondBoudon,"against the conventional wisdom that tends to charge the politically correct tyranny of the majority, it follows in fact rather tyranny minorities. It verifies that, on many subjects, political correctness actually hits opinion. For it is the fact more active minorities and groups influence public opinion itself.
"Forthis author, the phenomenon can be explained by the fact Olson thatrefers to a mechanism by which an organized minority decided can impose its views to a wider group, but disorganized and in which everyone does the implicit calculation that others among his group will look to resist him.
Jean-Claude Michéa,political correctness reflects the "growing humidification social relations ", rising at the expense of common decency defended by GeorgeOrwell, that is to say, the basic virtues of life in society.
For JeanDutourd,it is considered to be" beneficial, indisputable irrefutable, and frankly mandatory, some political philosophy that outwardly appears to be the result of morality, tolerance, humanitarianism, progressivism, equality, the democratic spirit, while it is actually the most authoritative expression of international conformism which, under color of idealism, can engage in a frantic pragmatism that does not back occasionally to the crime.
"Tohisdetractors,political correctness and sets up an intellectual straitjacket that any expression of opinion must accept imposing ultimately to adopt a set of ideas.
For the American historian JacquesBarzun,"the politically ok does not proclaim tolerance; it is that organizing hatred."In
the 2000s, the journalist Eric Zemmour develops the idea that the refusal to use politically correct language is criminalized and condemned the "inquisitorial logic" that would be that anti-racist associations.
Defence politically
To itsdefenders,as the philosopher JacquesDerrida, political correctness is to Conversely, one that argues ethics and principles. The politically correct systematic criticism would be dangerous because it would destroy any critical thinking by his mere intimidation force: "As soon as someone came to denounce a speech or practice, is accused of wanting to restore a dogma or "political correctness." That other conformism seems equally serious. It can become an easy technique to silence those who speak on behalf of a just cause.
"Applicationsof expression has become much more common use, but with differences between countries.
To take the four main countries French: Belgium and France,the lack of both political and ideological groups liberal ororientation conservative that are organized and important, and organizations or pressure groups to promote the "political correctness" that have a social base, political or strong university, that in both countries its use as a political tool to denigrate opposing groups is rather marginal and low efficiency; its most common use is rather an indictment of certain elites and the denunciation of a trend, real or supposed, administrations to jabber,abusing a sealed hollow language.
Inthe Canada, cultural proximity to the UnitedStates,a structure of neighboring political groups, are the use and function of the expression is much to the use made by the United States, taking into account, for Quebec, differences of meaning relating to language evokedsituation.
Switzerland finally is in an intermediate If one finds a liberal or conservative political groups focus more structured than in France and Belgium, no you can not see, however , tendency to "political correctness", which means that the use of political bashing is more common, but this speech has no clearly identifiable target.
The expression in Quebec
in this province use prefers the term "political correctness" or "politicalridiculous," which is "linguistically correct", since it is an equivalence and not a simple transposition word-for-word
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