Antedating of "Political Correctness"
Fred Shapiro
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Fri Jul 21 19:15:37 UTC 2006
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>> political correctness (OED 1979)
>>
>> 1805 _The Witness_ (Litchfield, Conn.) 25 Sept. 3 (America's Historical
>> Newspapers) The constitution presumes that the people are the judges of
>> political correctness, and has accordingly left the decision to them.
>>
>> Fred Shapiro
>
> Isn't this more a literal use of "correctness"
Whatever.
Fred Shapiro
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