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Pejorative [Lat. Peior, Used As Comparative Of Malus ‘Bad’] : Language and Linguistics
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Semantic characteristic of linguistic expressions which invoke negative connotations: such derogatory meaning components can be created by new formations (e.g. wet-backs for ‘illegal Mexican immigrants’), by meaning change, (e.g. dame,...
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A word is a term of derision, or a phrase is pejorative, if it implies contempt or disapproval. The adjective pejorative is synonymous with derogatory, derisive, and dyslogistic. When used as an adjective, pejorative has two meanings: (1) tending to...


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