The editors of the Journal of Animal Ethics have called for re-vamping animal language. So-called negative words like "pets" or "wildlife," they say, should be replaced by "companion animals" and ...

The phrase “politically correct” arose in the early 1970s, in the wake of the civil rights movement, to refer to language that aims to avoid offending or disadvantaging various groups of ...

We discussed some politically correct phrases and words in these columns the week before. We read about the term misguided criminals. The term, a replacement for terrorists, stirred a debate on ...

Fifteen years ago, many voiced concerns about political correctness, often seeing it as a limitation on free speech or an ...

Being “politically correct” meant exactly what the plain language of the phrase implied: that the speaker was saying something that was politically in the mainstream.

Terms such as “sanctuary city,” “undocumented immigrant,” and “safe space,” and “microagression” are tools that liberals use to subvert speech.

Twitter is planning to make its coding language more politically correct, the company said in a statement, a move that will include the elimination of "blacklists" and "sanity checks." ...