Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conservative correctness

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: con-ser-va-tive -cor-rect-ness
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A manner of action and rhetoric that is inoffensive to rightists.

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by John Wilson, author of The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education (1995), as a response to political correctness.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

patriotic correctness

Questions

What does conservative correctness mean?: A manner of action and rhetoric that is inoffensive to rightists.
Where does conservative correctness come from?: Coined by John Wilson, author of The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education (1995), as a response to political correctness.

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