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despective
despective
English
Adjective
despective
- Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon.
- a despective term for ‘surgeon’
Noun
despective (plural despectives)
- (linguistics) A disparaging/derogatory word or form of a word; a word or form indicative of the speaker's tendency to look down on the referent.