Pejorative

/pɪˈd͡ʒɒɹətɪv/

Synonyms for "pejorative" (123 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

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connotation shiftdescriptive termevaluative termexpressionlinguistic processsemantic changetermword

More specific

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demeaning epithetderogatory termepithetinsulting labelloss of prestigeracial slursemantic devaluationslurstigma propagationterm of abuse

Collocations

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pejorative connotationpejorative labelpejorative languagepejorative remarkpejorative sensepejorative slurpejorative stereotypepejorative termpejorative usage

Inflections

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more pejorativemost pejorativepejoratives

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"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.

Source: tatoeba (6557649)

That's a pejorative term.

Source: tatoeba (10322419)

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

Source: tatoeba (10322420)

It's not a pejorative.

Source: tatoeba (11720404)

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