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LUDICROUS [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-10-25
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Sociology of Ideologies
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- political correctness
1, record 1, English, political%20correctness
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
- PC 2, record 1, English, PC
correct
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- PC-ness 3, record 1, English, PC%2Dness
correct, pejorative
- PC-ery 3, record 1, English, PC%2Dery
correct, pejorative
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Conformity to a body of liberal or radical opinion on social matters, characterized by the advocacy of approved views and the rejection of language and behaviour considered discriminatory or offensive. 3, record 1, English, - political%20correctness
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
PC for political correctness has been widely used in the nineties ironically, or pejoratively and its derivatives PC-ery (after popery and quackery), and PC-ness have been recorded. 3, record 1, English, - political%20correctness
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
A new ecclesiastical jurisdiction has been eating away at the margins of civil authority. It surfaced as the dispute over "Political Correctness"(PC) or the seizure of normally secular jurisdiction by campus "courts". This new orthodoxy rests on the premise that colleges and universities have a jurisdiction over the lives of their students that is independent of the law of the land. The discussion of PC has indicated the ludicrous length this new faith has reached, and has done a good deal to discredit its prophets.(National Review, October 2, 1991, p. 34). 4, record 1, English, - political%20correctness
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Related terms: politically correct; political incorrectness, PCery, PCness, politically incorrect. 4, record 1, English, - political%20correctness
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Sociologie des idéologies
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- rectitude politique
1, record 1, French, rectitude%20politique
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- nouvelle orthodoxie intellectuelle 2, record 1, French, nouvelle%20orthodoxie%20intellectuelle
correct, feminine noun
- orthodoxie politique 2, record 1, French, orthodoxie%20politique
correct, feminine noun
- conformisme politique 3, record 1, French, conformisme%20politique
correct, masculine noun
- conformisme idéologique 3, record 1, French, conformisme%20id%C3%A9ologique
correct, masculine noun
- nouvelle orthodoxie 4, record 1, French, nouvelle%20orthodoxie
feminine noun
- nouveau maccarthysme 2, record 1, French, nouveau%20maccarthysme
masculine noun, pejorative
- correction politique 5, record 1, French, correction%20politique
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le concept de rectitude politique, tel qu'il s'est imposé jusqu'à ce jour, consiste à ne pas dire et à ne pas faire quoi que ce soit qui puisse nuire directement ou indirectement ou avoir l'apparence de nuire directement ou indirectement aux droits, aux libertés et/ou, encore plus globalement, à l'intérêt général des groupes minoritaires et/ou, encore plus globalement, à l'intérêt général des groupes minoritaires et/ou défavorisés qui participent à la vie sur cette planète. Car, précisons-le, cette obligation de rectitude ne se limite pas à l'espèce humaine .... 6, record 1, French, - rectitude%20politique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[...] la liberté d'expression est en butte aux attaques des tenants d'une nouvelle orthodoxie intellectuelle, partisans d'une «police de la pensée» qui définit ce qui est acceptable et ce qui ne l'est pas. Cette forme de terrorisme intellectuel de gauche a un nom : «political correctness», le «politically correct», souvent abrégé en «p.c.». 2, record 1, French, - rectitude%20politique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
orthodoxie : ensemble des principes, des usages ... généralement admis (en matière d'art, de science, de morale). Ex. orthodoxie marxiste, orthodoxie catholique, orthodoxie d'un jugement littéraire. 7, record 1, French, - rectitude%20politique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
conformisme : attitude passive de celui qui se conforme aux idées et aux usages de son milieu. 8, record 1, French, - rectitude%20politique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Voir aussi «politiquement correct». 3, record 1, French, - rectitude%20politique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2002-03-22
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
- Sentencing
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- one-day
1, record 2, English, one%2Dday
verb
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
to sentence a person to one day in custody (here, due to vagrancy). 1, record 2, English, - one%2Dday
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
It's ludicrous to waste court and police time fining or "one-daying" people who are there because the Government is not looking after them.(The Guardian, 8 May 1989, p. 6.) 1, record 2, English, - one%2Dday
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
- Peines
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- condamner à (une peine de prison de ) 24 h 1, record 2, French, condamner%20%C3%A0%20%28une%20peine%20de%20prison%20de%20%29%2024%20h
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1976-06-19
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Translation
- Language Problems
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- ludicrous 1, record 3, English, ludicrous
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
it would have been ludicrous to suggest 1, record 3, English, - ludicrous
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Traduction
- Problèmes de langue
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- ridicule 1, record 3, French, ridicule
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
il aurait paru ridicule de proposer à quelqu'un de bulletin BR fév./64 1, record 3, French, - ridicule
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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