pejorative

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression
Disparaging, belittling or derogatory
{s} vilifying, disrespectful, scornful; declining, depreciatory; changing for the worse, calumniatory
A pejorative word or expression is one that expresses criticism of someone or something. I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term = derogatory, disparaging. a word or expression that is pejorative is used to show disapproval or to insult someone (pejoratus, past participle of pejorare , from pejor )
Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable
expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"
pejoratively
In a pejorative manner. Insultingly, disparagingly. Used in a manner to belittle or harm the reputation of another
Hottentot pejorative
or Khoikhoi formerly Hottentot (pejorative) Group of peoples, speaking closely related Khoisan languages, who were among the first indigenous southern Africans encountered by Europeans. The precontact Khoekhoe were pastoralists who tended large herds of cattle and sheep. By 1800 Khoekhoe societies south of the Orange River in Cape Colony had been largely destroyed by disease and warfare, with the remnants either serving as bonded labourers for white farmers or blending into frontier communities of mixed descent, such as the Griqua. North of the Orange River in Namibia, the Nama are the largest Khoekhoe ethnic group, numbering about 230,000
pejoratively
in a pejorative manner; "I am not using the word pejoratively
pejoratively
in a pejorative manner; "I am not using the word pejoratively"
pejoratively
disparagingly, derogatorily, vilifyingly, slanderously
pejoratives
plural of pejorative
pejorative
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