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Meanings of pejorative in anglès

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peyorativo
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pejoratiu

Word or grammatical form expressing a low opinion of someone or something.

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      pejoratiu

      Expressing disapproval.

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            Having a negative denotation or connotation.

                  Usage of pejorative in anglès
                  1
                  Need is now seen as a pejorative that diminishes one's individual sovereignty.
                  Ebony
                  2
                  It is a pejorative charge easily levelled but difficult to withdraw.
                  The Irish Times
                  3
                  It's not just for the politicians that the term working-class has become pejorative.
                  The Guardian
                  4
                  Wales's style became known as Warrenball, a pejorative term they felt was simplistic.
                  The Guardian
                  5
                  That's a little pejorative, if I may say so, Ms. Y'breq.
                  Surface detail
                  6
                  Ultra running is running, sort of, and that's not being pejorative.
                  The Irish Times
                  7
                  Mercenaries is a pejorative and distinctly cruel word for a reason.
                  Wired
                  8
                  Regardless of the pejorative stereotypes that may persist with Allardyce, his principles speak differently.
                  The Guardian
                  9
                  Authoritarianism is not a pathology; nor is the term pejorative, for it is descriptive.
                  Conservatives without conscience
                  10
                  This discredited and pejorative term has now been in abeyance for over a decade.
                  The Irish Times
                  11
                  But it would disagree that this is selfish in the pejorative sense of sociobiology.
                  Is Human Nature Obsolete?
                  12
                  Of course it was, and don't you feel that 'betrayal' is rather a pejorative term?
                  The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
                  13
                  In several posts he made pejorative puns about the party of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
                  Reuters
                  14
                  One starts to see "politics"-inthe pejorative sense of the word-withinthe firm.
                  Economics Without Illusions
                  15
                  The term shadow banking may have a pejorative tone, suggesting dodgy lending and borrowing practice.
                  The Irish Times
                  16
                  This pejorative and pathological use of the terms is, however, more uncommon than the preceding.
                  Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
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                  portuguès
                  pejorativo
                  espanyol
                  peyorativo
                  Pejorative through the time