pejorative
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definition
noun
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.
a word expressing contempt or disapproval.
adjective
"permissiveness" is used almost universally as a pejorative term
expressing contempt or disapproval.
example
The individual may be classified as incomplete, immature, or by other 'pejorative' terms which detract from his dignity.
For us, it is hard to use the word ‘sentimental’ as anything but a 'pejorative' .
It's a 'pejorative' that means Americans don't understand luxury.
A few minutes of looking reveals similar 'pejorative' statements throughout the book.
On the whole, the relationship was described in 'pejorative' terms.
Politically active conservative Christians rarely use the term dominionism as a self-description; many feel it is a loaded or 'pejorative' term.
So I don't really have a lot of sympathy for those who want to use 'pejorative' terms to characterise a negotiation process.
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.
Sometimes, opposition to a government-funded project leads to cleverly 'pejorative' phrases.
Apparently the 'pejorative' term ‘breeding like rabbits’ is well deserved.
Believe it or not, this was a 'pejorative' term, implying unrealistic ambitions.
Let your substantive argument, not 'pejorative' adjectives, do the job.
It pains me greatly to hear it used as a 'pejorative' .
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.
In his circle, ‘white male’ is a 'pejorative' term.
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.
Americans have long used these 'pejorative' terms to designate scientific and medical theories and practices for which they have no respect.
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 concept of mass amateurisation is that kick in the guts - amateurisation is a 'pejorative' term, belittling the efforts of thousands of webloggers.
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.
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.
Hence the word ‘undergraduate’ became a 'pejorative' for us world-weary postgrads.
The author of this is a simple Goy [a 'pejorative' for ‘gentile’, in Yiddish].
Democrats these days prefer to call themselves ‘progressives’ believing that term has fewer 'pejorative' connotations.
The word ‘medieval’ occurred quite frequently in reviews 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.
I don't see any 'pejorative' connotations in the term and so up until now haven't been too worried about using 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.
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