Meanings
- uncountableA manner of action and rhetoric that is inoffensive to rightists.
Synonyms: patriotic correctness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA manner of action and rhetoric that is inoffensive to rightists.
Origin
Coined by John Wilson, author of The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education (1995), as a response to political correctness.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
conservative correctness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conservative%20correctness
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