pejorative

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pɪˈd͡ʒɒɹətɪv/    美 /pɪˈd͡ʒoɹətɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
    — “Get away from me, freak.” “Actually, my designation is Logic-y. I take issue with the pejorative when I am simply a product of your self-inflicted bifurcation.”
形容词 adj.
  1. Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
    — These days, on platforms like X, slopulism is a pejorative label often applied to posts by politicians and pundits alike, anyone who shares out lowest-common-denominator ideas designed to appeal to loyal political bases.

词形变化

more pejorative comparative most pejorative superlative pejoratives plural

词汇关系

反义词
ameliorative approbative eulogistic meliorative approvative euphemism

词源

词源 1
From Late Latin peiōrātus (“worsened”, past participle of peiōrāre (“worsen”), from Latin peior (“worse”)) + -ive. Compare French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”). By surface analysis, pejorate + -ive.
词源 2
From Late Latin peiōrātus (“worsened”, past participle of peiōrāre (“worsen”), from Latin peior (“worse”)) + -ive. Compare French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”). By surface analysis, pejorate + -ive.
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