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despective

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From despect + -ive.

adjective more despective · most despective

  1. Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon. ‘Pencil pusher’ is a despective term for ‘administrative clerk’.

noun despectives

  1. A disparaging/derogatory word or form of a word; a word or form indicative of the speaker's tendency to look down on the referent.

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"despective." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/despective. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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despective. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/despective

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"despective." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/despective.

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@misc{despective_2026,
  title = {despective},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/despective},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}