pejoratively
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These same dons disdained Britain’s provincial universities—known pejoratively as Redbrick—as well as academics in the U.S., whom they scorned for going about their business with “woefully unnecessary seriousness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
I didn’t necessarily believe this, but I didn’t want to get labeled as exhausting or pejoratively woke.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2024
In her review of “Fly Girl,” Leslie Bennetts uses the Doris Day movies of the mid-20th century to illustrate pejoratively how the views and roles of women have altered for the better.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2022
“Paddy” is an old slang term for Irish people, sometimes used affectionately, but often pejoratively.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022
There are some others, however, those Hoggart pejoratively terms ‘scholarship boys,’ for whom success comes with special anxiety.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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