Correctiveness

[Agnes]

When a person uses the phrase [political] correctiveness in a [sentence], trying to sound intelligent. When in fact, correctiveness is [not a word] at all.

[Guest]

@Agnes I deeply disagree. Every English dictionary registers the adjective corrective (intended to correct). Although the word correctiveness does not exist in dictionaries, it has been verified in the English language corpora with the meaning that implies something beyond correctness. For example, political correctness is a well-known postmodern phenomenon, but political correctiveness implies the dominant tendency to interfere in somebodys