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Definition of Pejoratives
1. pejorative [n] - See also: pejorative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pejoratives
Literary usage of Pejoratives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1894)
"The horizontal order reveals a curious fact, that the extreme terms of every
lexicological gamut are pejoratives, (thus, glacial ma. brûlant, fade and acre, ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"But many other books simply use nonstandard as a blanket replacement for substandard,
illiterate, and various other now dated pejoratives. ..."
3. The Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow: A Cultural History by Albert J. Schmidt (1989)
"... using such pejoratives as "formalistic dryness," "abstractness of forms," "deliberate
grandeur and pomposity of forms," "severe symmetry and geometric ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1799)
"... and pejoratives, which we have lost, but which other nations have had the good
sense to preserve.—In fine, such words, whether in old French, ..."
5. Essays on Strategy edited by Thomas C. Gill (1996)
"39 Similar pejoratives apply to the gap now opening up between American deterrence
policy and the expanding world of bio weapons. ..."
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