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Pejorative

Pe-jor′a-tive

,

Adj.

[F.

péjoratif

, fr. L.

pejor

, used as compar. of

malus

evil.]

Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable.

Definition 2024

pejorative

pejorative

See also: péjorative

English

Adjective

pejorative ‎(comparative more pejorative, superlative most pejorative)

Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

disparaging, belittling or derogatory

Catalan: pejoratiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貶義的 (zh), 贬义的 (zh) ‎(biǎnyì de), 輕蔑的的 (zh), 轻蔑的 (zh) ‎(qīngmiè de)
Czech: pejorativní (cs)
Danish: nedsættende
Dutch: kleinerend (nl) denigrerend (nl)
Finnish: halventava, väheksyvä, alentava (fi)
French: péjoratif (fr)
German: abschätzig (de), abwertend (de), herabsetzend (de), verschlechternd (de), verschlimmernd (de), pejorativ (de)
Greek: υποτιμητικός (el) m ‎(ypotimitikós), εξευτελιστικός (el) m ‎(exeftelistikós), μειωτικός (el) m ‎(meiotikós)
Hungarian: pejoratív (hu)
Italian: peggiorativo, riduttivo m
Japanese: 軽蔑的な ‎(けいべつてきな, kēbetsuteki na); 侮蔑的な ‎(ぶべつてきな, bubetsuteki na); 侮辱的な ‎(ぶじょくてきな, bujokuteki na)

Korean: 경멸어 ‎(gyeong myeoreo), 경멸적인 ‎(gyeong myeol jeogin)
Macedonian: погрден m ‎(pógrden), пејоративен m ‎(pejoratíven)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nedsettende (no)
Polish: pejoratywny (pl) m
Portuguese: pejorativo (pt)
Romanian: peiorativ (ro)
Russian: неодобри́тельный (ru) ‎(neodobrítelʹnyj), уничижи́тельный (ru) ‎(uničižítelʹnyj), презри́тельный (ru) ‎(prezrítelʹnyj)
Spanish: despectivo (es), peyorativo (es)
Swedish: nedsättande (sv), pejorativ (sv)
Turkish: ablak (tr), alçaltıcı (tr), aşağılayıcı, küçültücü (tr), yermeli (tr), pejoratif (tr) (sociology)

Noun

pejorative ‎(plural pejoratives)

A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

Synonyms

dyslogism
dysphemism

Antonyms

eulogism

Translations

disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression

Chinese:
Mandarin: (word) 貶義詞 (zh), 贬义词 (zh) ‎(biǎnyìcí), 輕蔑詞, 轻蔑词 ‎(qīngmiècí), (expression) 貶義語, 贬义语 ‎(biǎnyìyǔ), 輕蔑語, 轻蔑语 ‎(qīngmièyǔ)
Czech: pejorativum (cs) n
Dutch: pejoratief (nl)
Finnish: pejoratiivi (fi), haukkumasana
German: Pejorativum n
Italian: peggiorativo m
Japanese: 軽蔑 (ja) ‎(けいべつ, kēbetsu); 侮蔑 (ja) ‎(ぶべつ, bubetsu); 侮辱 (ja) ‎(ぶじょく, bujoku)

Macedonian: пејоратив m ‎(pejoratív)
Norwegian: pejorativ n
Portuguese: pejorativo (pt) m
Romanian: peiorativ (ro) m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: пежоратив m, пејоратив m

Latin: pežorativ m, pejorativ (sh) m
Spanish: peyorativo (es) m
Swedish: pejorativ (sv) n
Turkish: aşağılama (tr), hakaret (tr)

See also

Category:English pejoratives

References

“pejorative” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).