Pejorative

//pɪˈd͡ʒɒɹətɪv//

"Pejorative" in a Sentence (10 examples)

"Social justice warrior" (often shortened to SJW) is a pejorative term used on both the left and right to refer to left-wing individuals perceived as promoting or imposing their beliefs in an excessively aggressive manner.

That's a pejorative term.

"Goy" is not a pejorative term, but is simply the Hebrew equivalent of "gentile."

It's not a pejorative.

A useful idiot or useful fool is a pejorative description of a person, suggesting that the person thinks they are fighting for a cause without fully comprehending the consequences of their actions, and who does not realise they are being manipulated by the cause's leaders or by other political players.

In North America, "geezer" is generally a pejorative term for an old man, rather than a neutral term for any man.

The term "Jew" can be used pejoratively, but that doesn't make the word pejorative.

In the right tone, any word can become pejorative.

Pejorative terms for gentiles in Yiddish include akum (star worshiper) and orl (uncircumcised).

“Get away from me, freak.” “Actually, my designation is Logic-y. I take issue with the pejorative when I am simply a product of your self-inflicted bifurcation.”

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