The pejorative term “political correctness” was adapted to express disapproval of the enlargement of etiquette to cover all people, in spite of this being a principle to which all Americans claim to subscribe.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]

Star-Spangled Manners, ch. 1 (2003)
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