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pejorative

[ pi-jawr-uh-tiv, -jor- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling meaning or effect:
The -ling in princeling is a pejorative suffix.
Synonyms: deprecatory

a form or word that is disparaging, derogatory, or belittling, such as bean counter for an accountant, or the -nik in peacenik.

pejorative

/ pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv; ˈpiːdʒər- /

First recorded in 1880–85; from Latin pējōrāt(us) “made worse” ( pejoration ) + -ive

C19: from French péjoratif, from Late Latin pējōrātus, past participle of pējōrāre to make worse, from Latin pēior worse

At its most pejorative, the term describes a uniquely disposable kind of young gay man: Hairless, guileless, witless.

In Spanish the word joke (broma) is not at all pejorative, it is playful.

The late Andrew Breitbart even offered a $100,000 reward for audio or video of Lewis being called a racial pejorative.

“A Billy Collins poem” has even been used as a pejorative term in certain workshop settings.

Grossman is quick to point out that he does not consider the term “sheep” a pejorative.

He consistently uses "Jew" as a pejorative adjective instead of "Jewish."

But given its age and its purpose this ought not to be construed in the contemporary, pejorative sense.

This term is a pejorative which may be applied also to the exercise of our other senses.

Alternatively, Professor A. Dalzell points out to me that illa could have a pejorative sense.

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