pejorative

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P0153700 (pĭ-jôr′ə-tĭv, -jŏr′-, pĕj′ə-rā′tĭv, pē′jə-)adj. Disparaging; belittling: "The label Neandertal took on a pejorative connotation decades ago; it implied boorishness at best and stupidity at worst" (Craig Stanford).n. A disparaging or belittling word or expression.

pe·jor′a·tive·ly adv.

pejorative

(pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv; ˈpiːdʒər-) adj(of words, expressions, etc) having an unpleasant or disparaging connotationna pejorative word, expression, etc[C19: from French péjoratif, from Late Latin pējōrātus, past participle of pējōrāre to make worse, from Latin pēior worse] peˈjoratively adv

pe•jo•ra•tive

(pɪˈdʒɔr ə tɪv, -ˈdʒɒr-, ˈpɛdʒ əˌreɪ-, ˈpi dʒə-)

adj. 1. having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force, as a word. n. 2. a pejorative form or word, as poetaster. [1880–85; < Late Latin pējōrāt(us), past participle of pējōrāre, derivative of pējor worse] pe•jo′ra•tive•ly, adv.

pejorative

Used to describe an expression that means something unpleasant or derogatory.

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Adj.

pejorative - expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"dislogistic, dyslogisticuncomplimentary - tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage

pejorative

adjective derogatory, negative, slighting, unpleasant, belittling, disparaging, debasing, deprecatory, uncomplimentary, depreciatory, detractive, detractory He used the word in a pejorative sense.

pejorative

adjectiveTending or intending to belittle:deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, low, slighting, uncomplimentary.

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adj derogatory

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adj tending or intending to belittle

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adj expressing disapproval

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