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pejorative
- /pɪˈd͡ʒɒɹətɪv/ UK
- /pɪˈd͡ʒoɹətɪv/ US
- /pɪˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ə.tɪv/ uncommon
- /pəˈd͡ʒoɹətəv/
Where it comes from
From Late Latin peiōrātus (“worsened”, past participle of peiōrāre (“worsen”), from Latin peior (“worse”)) + -ive. Compare French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”). By surface analysis, pejorate + -ive.
adjective more pejorative · most pejorative
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Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
These days, on platforms like X, slopulism is a pejorative label often applied to posts by politicians and pundits alike, anyone who shares out lowest-common-denominator ideas designed to appeal to loyal political bases.
Similar: derogatory, dyslogistic, disrespectful
Opposite: ameliorative, approbative, eulogistic, meliorative
noun pejoratives
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A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
“Get away from me, freak.” “Actually, my designation is Logic-y. I take issue with the pejorative when I am simply a product of your self-inflicted bifurcation.”
Similar: dyslogism, dysphemism
Opposite: approvative, euphemism
Thesaurus
adjective
Opposite: ameliorative, approbative, eulogistic, meliorative
noun
Opposite: approvative, euphemism
Translations
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adj disparaging, belittling or derogatory
| Español | peyorativo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 경멸어 gyeongmyeoreo, 경멸적인 gyeongmyeoljeogin |
| 日本語 | 軽蔑的な keibetsuteki na, 侮蔑的な bubetsuteki na, 侮辱的な bujokuteki na |
| 中文 | 貶義的 /贬义的 biǎnyì de, 輕蔑的 /轻蔑的 qīngmiè de |
| Português | pejorativo |
| Français | péjoratif |
| Deutsch | abschätzig, abwertend, herabsetzend, verschlechternd, verschlimmernd, pejorativ |
| Italiano | peggiorativo, riduttivo |
| Ελληνικά | υποτιμητικός ypotimitikós, εξευτελιστικός exeftelistikós, μειωτικός meiotikós |
| Română | peiorativ |
| Русский | неодобри́тельный neodobrítelʹnyj, уничижи́тельный uničižítelʹnyj, презри́тельный prezrítelʹnyj |
noun disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
| Español | peyorativo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 軽蔑 keibetsu, 侮蔑 bubetsu, 侮辱 bujoku |
| 中文 | 貶義詞 /贬义词 biǎnyìcí, 輕蔑詞 /轻蔑词 qīngmiècí, 貶義語 /贬义语 biǎnyìyǔ, 輕蔑語 /轻蔑语 qīngmièyǔ |
| Português | pejorativo |
| Deutsch | Pejorativum |
| Italiano | peggiorativo, spregiativo |
| Română | peiorativ |
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title = {pejorative},
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