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Pejorative

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Adjective

1. dislogistic, dyslogistic, pejorative

expressing disapproval

Example Sentences:
'dyslogistic terms like nitwit' and scalawag''

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pejorative

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adjective
1. 
(of words, expressions, etc) having an unpleasant or disparaging connotation
noun
2. 
a pejorative word, expression, etc

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Pejorative

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adjective
1. 
declining; making or becoming worse: applied to words whose basic meaning has changed for the worse (Ex.: knave, cretin)
2. 
disparaging or derogatory
noun
3. 
a pejorative word or form

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pejorative

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adj.
Disparaging; belittling: "The label Neandertal took on a pejorative connotation decades ago; it implied boorishness at best and stupidity at worst" (Craig Stanford).
n.
A disparaging or belittling word or expression.

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