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un-PC

un-PC adjective: politically incorrect.

Adjective

un-PC (comparative more un-PC, superlative most un-PC)

  1. Politically incorrect.
    • As an old time cowboy from the Madeline Plains, I am exempt from being politically correct. I have an official permit to be un-pc, and make no apologies for not using "he or she" all the time.2007, Jon Garate, Stories from the Living Room: A Golden Heritage from the Old West, page ii
    • "I don't mean to be un-p.c.," Tiny says... "But I liked Little Black Sambo... It's a cute story underneath." / "You were undisturbed by the eyeholes cut out of the pillow you lay your little head on." / "They were different times, J."2009, Colson Whitehead, John Henry Days, page 49

Forms of un-PC

comparativemore un-PC
superlativemost un-PC
alternative formun-pc
alternative formun-p.c.

Origin of un-PC

From un- + PC.

Questions about un-PC

What does un-PC mean?
Un-PC means politically incorrect.
What part of speech is un-PC?
Un-PC is an adjective.

Words near un-PC in the dictionary

  1. un-omitted
  2. un-ostentatious
  3. un-othering
  4. un-Palestinian
  5. un-pathetic
  6. un-PC
  7. un-pin-downable
  8. un-Puritanically
  9. un-put-downable
  10. un-react
  11. un-reacted

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