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" There are any number of very hard working people in Hollywood who deserve recognition. Mostly its the artisans and crafts persons - the 'below the line' workers - whose only reward is to be pejoratively labeled 'below the line' workers. I say get them all on the next thing smoking to Vegas for an all expense paid weekend of whatever."
John Ridley

Meaning of "pejoratively" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PEJORATIVELY

pɪˈdʒɒrətɪvlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEJORATIVELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pejoratively is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PEJORATIVELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pejorative

A pejorative is a word or grammatical form of expression that expresses contempt, criticism, hostility, disregard and/or disrespect. A term can be regarded as pejorative in some social or cultural groups but not in others, e.g., hacker is a term used for computer criminals as well as quick and clever computer experts. Sometimes, a term may begin as a pejorative and eventually be adopted in a non-pejorative sense in some or all contexts, e.g., "punk" or "dude". In historical linguistics, this phenomenon is known as melioration, or amelioration, reclaiming, or semantic change. Name slurs can also involve an insulting or disparaging innuendo, rather than being a direct derogatory remark. In some cases, a person's name can be redefined with an unpleasant or insulting meaning, or applied to a group of people considered by the majority to be inferior or lower in social class, as a group label with a disparaging meaning. Also, an ethnic slur or racial slur can be used as a pejorative to imply people of those groups are inferior or deficient.

Definition of pejoratively in the English dictionary

The definition of pejoratively in the dictionary is with an unpleasant or disparaging connotations.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEJORATIVELY

administratively · co-operatively · collaboratively · comparatively · cooperatively · corroboratively · curatively · declaratively · decoratively · demonstratively · figuratively · illustratively · imperatively · iteratively · lucratively · narratively · operatively · penetratively · postoperatively · preoperatively

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEJORATIVELY

peignoir · Peipus · Peiraeus · peirastic · peirastically · Peirce · peize · pejorate · pejoration · pejorative · pekan · peke

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEJORATIVELY

actively · aggressively · alternatively · collectively · creatively · cumulatively · effectively · excessively · exclusively · extensively · inductively · lively · lovely · massively · negatively · objectively · positively · progressively · relatively · respectively · selectively

Synonyms and antonyms of pejoratively in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pejoratively» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PEJORATIVELY

Find out the translation of pejoratively to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pejoratively from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pejoratively» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

peyorativamente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

pejoratively
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

pejoratively
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تغير بشكل سئ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

уничижительно
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

pejorativamente
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

pejoratively
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

péjorativement
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pejoratif
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

abwertend
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

軽蔑
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

경멸
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pejoratively
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghĩa xấu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இழிவுப் பொருளில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

छेडछाडाने
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

aşağılayıcı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

pejoratively
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

pejoratywnie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

принизливо
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

peiorativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποτιμητικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pejoratively
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nedsättande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nedsettende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pejoratively

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEJORATIVELY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of pejoratively
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «pejoratively».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pejoratively

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «PEJORATIVELY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pejoratively.
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Paulo Freire
At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that they classify pejoratively as 'revolutionary.' But I have had the satisfaction of being invited to work in societies making progressive efforts without wavering. They were changing, and so they called on me.
2
Sarah Lacy
I think everyone has their own style in journalism. Look, I'm a girl from the South! Sometimes I laugh. Someone can pejoratively call it giggling. But if you look at the body of my work, I ask lots of hard questions and break a lot of hard news.
3
John Ridley
There are any number of very hard working people in Hollywood who deserve recognition. Mostly its the artisans and crafts persons - the 'below the line' workers - whose only reward is to be pejoratively labeled 'below the line' workers. I say get them all on the next thing smoking to Vegas for an all expense paid weekend of whatever.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEJORATIVELY»

Discover the use of pejoratively in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pejoratively and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African ...
Ethnic cluster of southern Africa; also known as Khoekhoe, Namaqua, Khoi, and pejoratively as Hottentot. The Khoikhoi consists of KHOISAN-speaking pastoral groups, including the NAMA. The Khoikoi live mainly in NAMIBIA and SOUTH ...
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2005
2
Philo and Paul Among the Sophists
... even Jones hesitates to cite Or. 32.11 in support of his contention that the term is usually used pejoratively of philosophers. There Dio contrasts the dearth of noble, independent souls with the abundance of 'flatterers, impostors and sophists'.
Bruce W. Winter, 1997
3
Process and Paradigms in Word-Formation Morphology
In some cases at least, application of the rule is (lexically) optional; for example, kindisch 'childish' can be used pejoratively, but apparently also quite neutrally, as in kindisches Kleid (Sti) 'child's dress' etc, and the same may apply to biiurisch, ...
Amanda Pounder, 2000
4
Don?t Miss the Revival!
It is used pejoratively to describe a person, who is a head of state or government, who abuses his power and authorityto oppress his people, subjects or subordinates. It is used pejoratively in much the same way as the term “tyrant” or “ dictator.
Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey, 2014
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Encyclopedia of Africa
Ethnic cluster ofsouthern Africa; also known as Khoekhoe, Namaqua, Khoi, and pejoratively as Hottentot. The Khoikhoi consists of Khoisan-speaking pastoral groups, including the Nama. The Khoikoi live mainly in Namibia and South Africa.
Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, 2010
6
French Bourgeois Culture
As used pejoratively Specific usages of the adjective bourgeoisie) Trevoux -' Used pejoratively to refer to a man who is not a gentleman or who has no breeding', 'you can smell the bourgeois on him'. -'how utterly bourgeois' [cela est du dernier ...
Béatrix Le Wita, 1994
7
Dialogues on Values and Centers of Value: Old Friends, New ...
B. Demythologizing and Remythologizing My preceding comments are also relevant to your suggestion that demythologizing is really remythologizing, understood pejoratively. I certainly agree that demythologizing involves moving from one ...
Thomas M. Dicken, Rem Blanchard Edwards, 2001
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Using Spanish Vocabulary
... Scandinavia/ Scandinavian Scotland/Scottish Slovakia/Slovak Slovenia/ Slovene Spain/Spanish Estonia/Estonian Finland/Finnish Frenchy, frog (used pejoratively) France/French Frenchy, frog (used pejoratively) Spaniard (used pejoratively) ...
R. E. Batchelor, Miguel Ángel San José, 2003
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Using Spanish Synonyms
... polite connotation than mujer) companion, partner wife (has a less polite connotation than esposa) partner better half(also means husband) wife (used pejoratively) wife (used pejoratively) wife Luisa Rodr ́ıguez, c ́onyuge de Emilio S ́anchez ...
R. E. Batchelor, 2006
10
New Palauan-English Dictionary
Babeldaob (used pejoratively). 2. v. s. inexperienced in Western ways; ignorant of modem conveniences. See honto. — chad er a H.O. country rube (used pejoratively with reference to inhabitants of Babeldaob). hokorf (Jp. hokori) n. dust.
Lewis S. Josephs, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEJORATIVELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pejoratively is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Note: Hillary Clinton Facing More Scrutiny Over E-mails
Democrats have pejoratively labeled the legislation “The Donald Trump Act,” tying the proposal to the volatile presidential candidate and his controversial ... «Observer News, Jul 15»
2
Semantics are important in this war of words
... yet those who seek to implement Islamic principles within the political realm are labelled pejoratively as "Islamists" and become synonymous ... «Middle East Monitor, Jul 15»
3
White House threatens House GOP immigration bill veto
“Democrats have pejoratively labeled the legislation 'The Donald Trump Act, ' tying the proposal to the volatile presidential candidate and his ... «TV Newsroom, Jul 15»
4
Republicans pass 'Donald Trump Act' as Obama vows veto
Democrats have pejoratively labeled the legislation “The Donald Trump Act,” tying the proposal to the volatile presidential candidate and his ... «WJLA, Jul 15»
5
Letter: Chattanooga attacks can't properly be called 'terrorism'
It shouldn't be used pejoratively, either: our enemies are terrorists but our friends are freedom fighters and patriots. Instead, terrorism should be ... «Eagle-Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Nepal earthquake – three months on: Thousands remain in need as …
The family might get a loan from a microfinance mothers' group or Dalit (pejoratively known as untouchables) organisation. Her husband works ... «International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Jul 15»
7
Three years after NCAA sanctions, Penn State football surmounts an …
Coach James Franklin uses the word "culture," which Emmert used pejoratively, freely and emphatically to describe Penn State football. «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
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Meet the Press Transcript - July 19, 2015
In fact, there is no legal definition of a sanctuary city. As you know, Chuck and Raul, that term has often been used pejoratively. CHUCK TODD:. «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
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Guest commentary: Real radicals dwell on left end of spectrum not …
Many in the news media -- both print and broadcast -- often pejoratively use the term "radical conservatives" to describe adherents to a political ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
10
Do We Have an Amoral Constitution? A Second Reply to Kurt Lash
In doing so, he fails to take account of abundant evidence that what is now pejoratively called "substantive due process" was accepted by the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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