pejorative
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pejorative /pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv/
▶adjective expressing contempt or disapproval.
– derivatives
pejoratively adverb.
pejoratively adverb.
– origin C19: from Fr. péjoratif, -ive, from late L. pejorare ‘make worse’.
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