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Word: Pejorative
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from French péjoratif, -ive, from late Latin pejorare ‘make worse’, from Latin pejor ‘worse’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a word expressing contempt or disapproval
Short Definition:word expressing contempt or disapproval
Examples:- most of what he said was inflammatory and filled with pejoratives
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