Definition of Pejorative

1. Adjective. Expressing disapproval. "Dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"

Exact synonyms: Dislogistic, Dyslogistic
Similar to: Uncomplimentary

Definition of Pejorative

1. a. Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable.

Definition of Pejorative

1. Adjective. Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. ¹

2. Noun. A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pejorative

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pejorative

peishwahs
peishwas
peising
peisleyite
peitrel
peitrels
peize
peized
peizes
peizing
pejorate
pejorated
pejorates
pejoration
pejorations
pejorative (current term)
pejoratively
pejoratives
pejorism
pejorist
pekan
pekans
pekepoo
pekepoos
pekes
pekid
pekin
pekins
pekoe
pekoes

Literary usage of Pejorative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Semantics: Studies in the Science of Meaning by Michel Bréal (1900)
"Nevertheless, we hear of a pejorative tendency, of a tendency to deteriorate, etc. One eminent philologist has published a very instructive work, ..."

2. The Suffixes Mant and Vant in Sanskrit and Avestan by Harold Herman Bender (1910)
"The last example illustrates well the origin of this class in Class 1. § 19. In a very few words mant and vant have pejorative value (cf., in general, ..."

3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"5th ed., 1942 And here is another one, somewhat different, but still not pejorative: For surely Amory Blame. . . is an odd figurehead for the Jazz Age ..."

4. Is a U. N. International Criminal Court in the U. S. National Interest edited by Rod Grams (2001)
"Surely both categories can, in the pejorative sense, act "politically," and we would be naive to ignore the considerable political pressure that ..."

5. Old-French Titles of Respect in Direct Address by William Averill Stowell (1908)
"Besides shifting earlier than did sire, beaus sire at times seems to have taken on decidedly pejorative by-notions and to have possessed a distinctly ..."

6. An Italian Grammar with Exercises by Mary Vance Young (1904)
"1 Cf. 171 (6). 2 Added to adjectives of color -astro is a diminutive: giallo, "yellow"; giallastro, "yellowish". Otherwise it is pejorative, ..."

7. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society by American Philosophical Society (1771)
"... a pejorative term which served to separate unworthy from worthy arts. Yet it is misleading to conclude, as some historians have done,17 that ancient ..."

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