pejoratively

Meanings

• adverb

  Used to express contempt, disapproval, or scorn towards a person or thing.

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Variants

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pejorative , pejoratively

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Etymology

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Late 15th century. From Latin pejorative, from pejorare 'make worse'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'pejorative' comes from the Latin word 'pejorare', which means 'to make worse'.

2. Pejoratively can be used to describe not only words, but also actions, attitudes, and even people.

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Related Concepts

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1. derogatory: Related term meaning expressing contempt, scorn, or disapproval towards a person or thing.

2. insult: An action or word intended to hurt, humiliate, or offend someone.

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Quotes

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1. Children born with an extra chromosome 21 are healthy, conspicuously happy and destined to live for many years. But they are not considered, in that "pejorative" word, 'normal'.

   - Matt Ridley,{it}Genome{/it},1999

2. On occasion they expressed a preference for the terms Latino or Hispanic if that would assist them in escaping from the term Puerto Rican, which became, at times, almost "pejorative".

   - John Hope Franklin,"The Land of Room Enough",1981,{"source"=>"in {it}Race and History{/it}", "aqdate"=>"1989"}

3. The word {it}barbarian{/it} was used by the Greeks, to designate an alien, and therefore, by definition, someone inferior in culture to a Hellene. The Romans applied this in the "pejorative" sense to the people who came to live along the Rhine-Danube frontier.

   - Norman F. Cantor,{it}The Civilization of the Middle Ages{/it},1993

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Culture

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Pejoratively is often used in everyday language to convey a negative or dismissive attitude towards something. It can be found in various forms of literature, such as poetry and prose, to emphasize the speaker's disdain or derision.

How to Memorize "pejoratively"

1. visualize
   

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2. associate
   

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'pejoratively' - 'P' for pejorative, 'E' for express, 'J' for judgment, 'O' for often, 'R' for revealing, 'A' for attitude, 'T' for towards, 'I' for inappropriate, and 'V' for value.

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