Definition of pejorative in English:

pejorative

adjective pɪˈdʒɒrətɪvpəˈdʒɔrədɪv

Expressing contempt or disapproval.
permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm not using the term in the pejorative sense, but as the economists use it.
- Any discussion about the high number of family breakdowns is seen as a threat to the family unit itself - unless it is couched in pejorative terms.
- Americans have long used these pejorative terms to designate scientific and medical theories and practices for which they have no respect.
- The use of pejorative terms, however, served to paint such encounters in a different light which would then lend support to the conclusion at which their Lordships arrived.
- A few minutes of looking reveals similar pejorative statements throughout the book.
- Believe it or not, this was a pejorative term, implying unrealistic ambitions.
- On the whole, the relationship was described in pejorative terms.
- In his circle, ‘white male’ is a pejorative term.
- Dissent is dehumanized, as it is branded with this pejorative title and other insulting labels like xenophobe, nativist, peacenik or anti-American dupe.
- I suppose you'd say I'm a radical a ‘do-gooder,’ to put it in pejorative terms.
- Let your substantive argument, not pejorative adjectives, do the job.
- So I don't really have a lot of sympathy for those who want to use pejorative terms to characterise a negotiation process.
- Politically active conservative Christians rarely use the term dominionism as a self-description; many feel it is a loaded or pejorative term.
- I don't see any pejorative connotations in the term and so up until now haven't been too worried about using it.
- Democrats these days prefer to call themselves ‘progressives’ believing that term has fewer pejorative connotations.
- Apparently the pejorative term ‘breeding like rabbits’ is well deserved.
- The concept of mass amateurisation is that kick in the guts - amateurisation is a pejorative term, belittling the efforts of thousands of webloggers.
- The individual may be classified as incomplete, immature, or by other pejorative terms which detract from his dignity.
- Sometimes, opposition to a government-funded project leads to cleverly pejorative phrases.
- While an undoubtedly pejorative term, it is of use in understanding the pervasive freshness that scythes through the nose on first sniff and continues into the palate.
Synonyms
disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, abusive, insulting, slighting, vituperative, disapproving, contemptuous
informal bitchy
rare invective, contumelious

noun pɪˈdʒɒrətɪvpəˈdʒɔrədɪv

A word expressing contempt or disapproval.
most of what he said was inflammatory and filled with pejoratives
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a pejorative that means Americans don't understand luxury.
- The selection of these pejoratives tells us a good deal, as does the near-universal acceptance by the mass media of the associated vernacular.
- Lenin, to his undying credit, promptly added ‘Soviety’ to his already extensive thesaurus of pejoratives.
- It's clearly a pejorative, so it doesn't just mean ‘someone who reports something to the police,’ because that's surely not always bad behavior.
- Perhaps you may want to rethink your casual comment on ‘slinging pejoratives around’ and just how it is relevant to my post.
- That last comment by Bud is not the true Bud because the true Bud deals with arguments in a professional manner and does not employ pejoratives to make his points.
- For us, it is hard to use the word ‘sentimental’ as anything but a pejorative.
- The author of this is a simple Goy [a pejorative for ‘gentile’, in Yiddish].
- What tends to happen's, of course, if you're from the Midwest and you become a writer, you become a Midwest writer, and that feels to me that there's a mild pejorative in it, or a limitation.
- Such pejoratives also tell us very little about who they are, what they think, and what they want.
- Hence the word ‘undergraduate’ became a pejorative for us world-weary postgrads.
- The strategy that Patrick used in his attack was to use ‘bloggers’ as a pejorative, making all internet-based writers somehow equivalent.
- I have used pejoratives such as ‘scientific whores’ to describe those responsible for the study because I am angry and I want people to know it.
- They can go home and cry to mommy about pejoratives.
- The term has now become a pejorative, carrying the meaning of ‘malicious criminal.’
- Using ‘gay’ as a general pejorative, which is apparently all the rage among kids these days, is hardly right.
- The text abounds with pejoratives applied to animal rights advocacy.
- It pains me greatly to hear it used as a pejorative.
- The word ‘medieval’ occurred quite frequently in reviews as a pejorative.
- But the reality is, however proud folks may have been of where they lived, they understood that South Central was a pejorative to the rest of the world.

Derivatives

pejoratively

adverbpɪˈdʒɒrətɪvli

‘Bias’ is usually used pejoratively; I would use it to mean reporting news in a way that is in fact slanted, while purporting to report it neutrally.
Example sentencesExamples
- In Britain and Ireland it remains a word one would only use pejoratively.
- You often hear the term ‘moral relativism’ used pejoratively compared to the continued use of the morality of 2000 years ago.
- All employ the services of what we pejoratively call ‘spin doctors’, to try to ensure that their particular point of view gets a full airing in the media, hopefully to the exclusion of less favourable accounts.
- She too does not address it, though she does refer pejoratively to ‘boilerplate’ form contracts.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French péjoratif, -ive, from late Latin pejorare 'make worse', from Latin pejor 'worse'.

Definition of pejorative in US English:

pejorative

adjectivepəˈdʒɔrədɪvpəˈjôrədiv

Expressing contempt or disapproval.
permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term
Example sentencesExamples
- The individual may be classified as incomplete, immature, or by other pejorative terms which detract from his dignity.
- Dissent is dehumanized, as it is branded with this pejorative title and other insulting labels like xenophobe, nativist, peacenik or anti-American dupe.
- Americans have long used these pejorative terms to designate scientific and medical theories and practices for which they have no respect.
- Sometimes, opposition to a government-funded project leads to cleverly pejorative phrases.
- So I don't really have a lot of sympathy for those who want to use pejorative terms to characterise a negotiation process.
- In his circle, ‘white male’ is a pejorative term.
- Democrats these days prefer to call themselves ‘progressives’ believing that term has fewer pejorative connotations.
- Apparently the pejorative term ‘breeding like rabbits’ is well deserved.
- I don't see any pejorative connotations in the term and so up until now haven't been too worried about using it.
- I'm not using the term in the pejorative sense, but as the economists use it.
- While an undoubtedly pejorative term, it is of use in understanding the pervasive freshness that scythes through the nose on first sniff and continues into the palate.
- I suppose you'd say I'm a radical a ‘do-gooder,’ to put it in pejorative terms.
- Any discussion about the high number of family breakdowns is seen as a threat to the family unit itself - unless it is couched in pejorative terms.
- The use of pejorative terms, however, served to paint such encounters in a different light which would then lend support to the conclusion at which their Lordships arrived.
- Let your substantive argument, not pejorative adjectives, do the job.
- On the whole, the relationship was described in pejorative terms.
- The concept of mass amateurisation is that kick in the guts - amateurisation is a pejorative term, belittling the efforts of thousands of webloggers.
- Believe it or not, this was a pejorative term, implying unrealistic ambitions.
- Politically active conservative Christians rarely use the term dominionism as a self-description; many feel it is a loaded or pejorative term.
- A few minutes of looking reveals similar pejorative statements throughout the book.
Synonyms
disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, abusive, insulting, slighting, vituperative, disapproving, contemptuous

nounpəˈdʒɔrədɪvpəˈjôrədiv

A word expressing contempt or disapproval.
Example sentencesExamples
- I have used pejoratives such as ‘scientific whores’ to describe those responsible for the study because I am angry and I want people to know it.
- It's a pejorative that means Americans don't understand luxury.
- It's clearly a pejorative, so it doesn't just mean ‘someone who reports something to the police,’ because that's surely not always bad behavior.
- The author of this is a simple Goy [a pejorative for ‘gentile’, in Yiddish].
- The term has now become a pejorative, carrying the meaning of ‘malicious criminal.’
- Such pejoratives also tell us very little about who they are, what they think, and what they want.
- Perhaps you may want to rethink your casual comment on ‘slinging pejoratives around’ and just how it is relevant to my post.
- Using ‘gay’ as a general pejorative, which is apparently all the rage among kids these days, is hardly right.
- But the reality is, however proud folks may have been of where they lived, they understood that South Central was a pejorative to the rest of the world.
- The text abounds with pejoratives applied to animal rights advocacy.
- That last comment by Bud is not the true Bud because the true Bud deals with arguments in a professional manner and does not employ pejoratives to make his points.
- They can go home and cry to mommy about pejoratives.
- Hence the word ‘undergraduate’ became a pejorative for us world-weary postgrads.
- It pains me greatly to hear it used as a pejorative.
- What tends to happen's, of course, if you're from the Midwest and you become a writer, you become a Midwest writer, and that feels to me that there's a mild pejorative in it, or a limitation.
- Lenin, to his undying credit, promptly added ‘Soviety’ to his already extensive thesaurus of pejoratives.
- The strategy that Patrick used in his attack was to use ‘bloggers’ as a pejorative, making all internet-based writers somehow equivalent.
- The word ‘medieval’ occurred quite frequently in reviews as a pejorative.
- For us, it is hard to use the word ‘sentimental’ as anything but a pejorative.
- The selection of these pejoratives tells us a good deal, as does the near-universal acceptance by the mass media of the associated vernacular.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French péjoratif, -ive, from late Latin pejorare ‘make worse’, from Latin pejor ‘worse’.

单词	pejorative
释义	Definition of pejorative in English: pejorative adjective pɪˈdʒɒrətɪvpəˈdʒɔrədɪv Expressing contempt or disapproval. permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term Example sentencesExamples I'm not using the term in the pejorative sense, but as the economists use it. Any discussion about the high number of family breakdowns is seen as a threat to the family unit itself - unless it is couched in pejorative terms. Americans have long used these pejorative terms to designate scientific and medical theories and practices for which they have no respect. The use of pejorative terms, however, served to paint such encounters in a different light which would then lend support to the conclusion at which their Lordships arrived. A few minutes of looking reveals similar pejorative statements throughout the book. Believe it or not, this was a pejorative term, implying unrealistic ambitions. On the whole, the relationship was described in pejorative terms. In his circle, ‘white male’ is a pejorative term. Dissent is dehumanized, as it is branded with this pejorative title and other insulting labels like xenophobe, nativist, peacenik or anti-American dupe. I suppose you'd say I'm a radical a ‘do-gooder,’ to put it in pejorative terms. Let your substantive argument, not pejorative adjectives, do the job. So I don't really have a lot of sympathy for those who want to use pejorative terms to characterise a negotiation process. Politically active conservative Christians rarely use the term dominionism as a self-description; many feel it is a loaded or pejorative term. I don't see any pejorative connotations in the term and so up until now haven't been too worried about using it. Democrats these days prefer to call themselves ‘progressives’ believing that term has fewer pejorative connotations. Apparently the pejorative term ‘breeding like rabbits’ is well deserved. The concept of mass amateurisation is that kick in the guts - amateurisation is a pejorative term, belittling the efforts of thousands of webloggers. The individual may be classified as incomplete, immature, or by other pejorative terms which detract from his dignity. Sometimes, opposition to a government-funded project leads to cleverly pejorative phrases. While an undoubtedly pejorative term, it is of use in understanding the pervasive freshness that scythes through the nose on first sniff and continues into the palate. Synonyms disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, abusive, insulting, slighting, vituperative, disapproving, contemptuous informal bitchy rare invective, contumelious noun pɪˈdʒɒrətɪvpəˈdʒɔrədɪv A word expressing contempt or disapproval. most of what he said was inflammatory and filled with pejoratives Example sentencesExamples It's a pejorative that means Americans don't understand luxury. The selection of these pejoratives tells us a good deal, as does the near-universal acceptance by the mass media of the associated vernacular. Lenin, to his undying credit, promptly added ‘Soviety’ to his already extensive thesaurus of pejoratives. It's clearly a pejorative, so it doesn't just mean ‘someone who reports something to the police,’ because that's surely not always bad behavior. Perhaps you may want to rethink your casual comment on ‘slinging pejoratives around’ and just how it is relevant to my post. That last comment by Bud is not the true Bud because the true Bud deals with arguments in a professional manner and does not employ pejoratives to make his points. For us, it is hard to use the word ‘sentimental’ as anything but a pejorative. The author of this is a simple Goy [a pejorative for ‘gentile’, in Yiddish]. What tends to happen's, of course, if you're from the Midwest and you become a writer, you become a Midwest writer, and that feels to me that there's a mild pejorative in it, or a limitation. Such pejoratives also tell us very little about who they are, what they think, and what they want. Hence the word ‘undergraduate’ became a pejorative for us world-weary postgrads. The strategy that Patrick used in his attack was to use ‘bloggers’ as a pejorative, making all internet-based writers somehow equivalent. I have used pejoratives such as ‘scientific whores’ to describe those responsible for the study because I am angry and I want people to know it. They can go home and cry to mommy about pejoratives. The term has now become a pejorative, carrying the meaning of ‘malicious criminal.’ Using ‘gay’ as a general pejorative, which is apparently all the rage among kids these days, is hardly right. The text abounds with pejoratives applied to animal rights advocacy. It pains me greatly to hear it used as a pejorative. The word ‘medieval’ occurred quite frequently in reviews as a pejorative. But the reality is, however proud folks may have been of where they lived, they understood that South Central was a pejorative to the rest of the world. Derivatives pejoratively adverbpɪˈdʒɒrətɪvli ‘Bias’ is usually used pejoratively; I would use it to mean reporting news in a way that is in fact slanted, while purporting to report it neutrally. Example sentencesExamples In Britain and Ireland it remains a word one would only use pejoratively. You often hear the term ‘moral relativism’ used pejoratively compared to the continued use of the morality of 2000 years ago. All employ the services of what we pejoratively call ‘spin doctors’, to try to ensure that their particular point of view gets a full airing in the media, hopefully to the exclusion of less favourable accounts. She too does not address it, though she does refer pejoratively to ‘boilerplate’ form contracts. Origin Late 19th century: from French péjoratif, -ive, from late Latin pejorare 'make worse', from Latin pejor 'worse'. Definition of pejorative in US English: pejorative adjectivepəˈdʒɔrədɪvpəˈjôrədiv Expressing contempt or disapproval. permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term Example sentencesExamples The individual may be classified as incomplete, immature, or by other pejorative terms which detract from his dignity. Dissent is dehumanized, as it is branded with this pejorative title and other insulting labels like xenophobe, nativist, peacenik or anti-American dupe. Americans have long used these pejorative terms to designate scientific and medical theories and practices for which they have no respect. Sometimes, opposition to a government-funded project leads to cleverly pejorative phrases. So I don't really have a lot of sympathy for those who want to use pejorative terms to characterise a negotiation process. In his circle, ‘white male’ is a pejorative term. Democrats these days prefer to call themselves ‘progressives’ believing that term has fewer pejorative connotations. Apparently the pejorative term ‘breeding like rabbits’ is well deserved. I don't see any pejorative connotations in the term and so up until now haven't been too worried about using it. I'm not using the term in the pejorative sense, but as the economists use it. While an undoubtedly pejorative term, it is of use in understanding the pervasive freshness that scythes through the nose on first sniff and continues into the palate. I suppose you'd say I'm a radical a ‘do-gooder,’ to put it in pejorative terms. Any discussion about the high number of family breakdowns is seen as a threat to the family unit itself - unless it is couched in pejorative terms. The use of pejorative terms, however, served to paint such encounters in a different light which would then lend support to the conclusion at which their Lordships arrived. Let your substantive argument, not pejorative adjectives, do the job. On the whole, the relationship was described in pejorative terms. The concept of mass amateurisation is that kick in the guts - amateurisation is a pejorative term, belittling the efforts of thousands of webloggers. Believe it or not, this was a pejorative term, implying unrealistic ambitions. Politically active conservative Christians rarely use the term dominionism as a self-description; many feel it is a loaded or pejorative term. A few minutes of looking reveals similar pejorative statements throughout the book. Synonyms disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, abusive, insulting, slighting, vituperative, disapproving, contemptuous nounpəˈdʒɔrədɪvpəˈjôrədiv A word expressing contempt or disapproval. Example sentencesExamples I have used pejoratives such as ‘scientific whores’ to describe those responsible for the study because I am angry and I want people to know it. It's a pejorative that means Americans don't understand luxury. It's clearly a pejorative, so it doesn't just mean ‘someone who reports something to the police,’ because that's surely not always bad behavior. The author of this is a simple Goy [a pejorative for ‘gentile’, in Yiddish]. The term has now become a pejorative, carrying the meaning of ‘malicious criminal.’ Such pejoratives also tell us very little about who they are, what they think, and what they want. Perhaps you may want to rethink your casual comment on ‘slinging pejoratives around’ and just how it is relevant to my post. Using ‘gay’ as a general pejorative, which is apparently all the rage among kids these days, is hardly right. But the reality is, however proud folks may have been of where they lived, they understood that South Central was a pejorative to the rest of the world. The text abounds with pejoratives applied to animal rights advocacy. That last comment by Bud is not the true Bud because the true Bud deals with arguments in a professional manner and does not employ pejoratives to make his points. They can go home and cry to mommy about pejoratives. Hence the word ‘undergraduate’ became a pejorative for us world-weary postgrads. It pains me greatly to hear it used as a pejorative. What tends to happen's, of course, if you're from the Midwest and you become a writer, you become a Midwest writer, and that feels to me that there's a mild pejorative in it, or a limitation. Lenin, to his undying credit, promptly added ‘Soviety’ to his already extensive thesaurus of pejoratives. The strategy that Patrick used in his attack was to use ‘bloggers’ as a pejorative, making all internet-based writers somehow equivalent. The word ‘medieval’ occurred quite frequently in reviews as a pejorative. For us, it is hard to use the word ‘sentimental’ as anything but a pejorative. The selection of these pejoratives tells us a good deal, as does the near-universal acceptance by the mass media of the associated vernacular. Origin Late 19th century: from French péjoratif, -ive, from late Latin pejorare ‘make worse’, from Latin pejor ‘worse’.
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