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Webster 1913 Edition


Derogative

De-rog′a-tive

,
Adj.
Derogatory.
De-rog′a-tive-ly
,
adv.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

Syn. – belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory.

Webster 1828 Edition


Derogative

DEROGATIVE

,
Adj.
Derogatory.

Definition 2024


derogative

derogative

English

Adjective

derogative (comparative more derogative, superlative most derogative)

  1. Disparaging, tending or intending to be belittling.
  2. Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates

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Noun

derogative (plural derogatives)

  1. (rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
    • 1870, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, volume 2, page 24:
      (interposing s, the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives)

Italian

Adjective

derogative

  1. feminine plural of derogativo

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