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Widespread use of the term politically correct and its derivatives began when it was adopted as a pejorative term by the political right in the 1990s, in the context of the Culture Wars.

Writing in the New York Times in 1990, Richard Bernstein noted " The term ' politically correct ,' with its suggestion of Stalinist orthodoxy, is spoken more with irony and disapproval than with reverence.

But across the country the term p. c., as it is commonly abbreviated, is being heard more and more in debates over what should be taught at the universities.

" Bernstein referred to a meeting of the Western Humanities Conference in Berkeley, California, on "' Political Correctness ' and Cultural Studies ," which examined " what effect the pressure to conform to currently fashionable ideas is having on scholarship ".

Bernstein also referred to " p. c. p " for " politically correct people ," a term which did not take root in popular discussion.