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pejorative 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/pəˈjôrətiv/,/ˈpejəˌrātiv/,
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Expressing contempt or disapproval,
  1. Expressing contempt or disapproval
    • - permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term
Noun
  1. A word expressing contempt or disapproval


  1. dyslogistic: expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"
  2. (pejoratively) in a pejorative manner; "I am not using the word pejoratively"
  3. A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression; Disparaging, belittling or derogatory
  4. (adj.) derogatory, uncomplimentary (The evening’s headline news covered an international scandal caused by a pejorative statement the famous senator had made in reference to a foreign leader.)
  5. relates to the formation "of a less favourable meaning or of unpleasant connotations of a word."^[3] In this book it is used for a Na’vi infix ‹äng› that expresses negative speaker affect, not restricted to contempt, but including boredom, misery, or any negative emotion. ...
  6. A form which has an unfavourable or disparaging meaning. Some of the affective suffixes of Spanish are pejorative.
  7. adj. Embodying a low opinion; said of words. 'Pigheaded', as contrasted to 'resolute'. The word 'dog', when used in reference to human beings, is an extremely pejorative term, embodying more contempt than most obscenities. ...
  8. (adj) - negative in connotation