# Offensive

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'''Offensive''' may refer to:

* [Offensive (military)](/source/Offensive_(military)), type of military operation
* Offensive, the former name of the Dutch political party [Socialist Alternative](/source/Socialist_Alternative_(Netherlands))
* [Fighting words](/source/Fighting_words), spoken words which would have a tendency to cause acts of violence by the person to whom they are addressed
* [Pejorative](/source/Pejorative) words 
* [Profanity](/source/Profanity), strongly impolite, rude or offensive language
* [Political correctness](/source/Political_correctness), non-offensive language

==See also==
* {{Intitle|Offensive}}
* [Offense (disambiguation)](/source/Offense_(disambiguation))
* [Offender (disambiguation)](/source/Offender_(disambiguation))
* [Charm offensive (disambiguation)](/source/Charm_offensive_(disambiguation))

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