Noun
- a disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
Adjective
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See also
- Bully
- Dysphemism
- Ethnic slur
- Euphemism treadmill
- Hate speech
- Historical linguistics
- Hypocoristic, a pet name (antonym)
- Lists of disparaging terms for people
- List of ethnic slurs
- Pejorative suffix
- Spook
- Taboo
- Taunt Read full entry
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- 1.Pejorative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Look up pejorative, derisive, derogatory, or dyslogistic in Wiktionary, the free ... Ethnic slurs are one kind of category of pejorative. ...
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- 2.pejorative: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
- pejorative adj. Tending to make or become worse. Disparaging; belittling. n. A disparaging or belittling word or expression ... kind of category of pejorative. ...
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What's the difference between It should be self-explanatory.
There's usually a slight
difference between synonyms,
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I don't know if there is even a slight difference. They mean exactly the same thing. |
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Whats the difference between What is the difference between
the two words.
That both mean- a disparaging
remark.
But there is a difference.
What is it?
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Um, there is no such word as "diatrive", so i think you mean "diatribe" which is also similar to "pejorative." *Inhales....* Well, YOU could answer this yourself by Googling "online dictionary", and search for those words in the website. Then you could compare the answers you get. But I may as well do that now, so here: Pejorative :- Disapproving word: a word, expression, or affix that expresses criticism or disapproval. Diatribe :- A bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: e.g, repeated diatribes against the senator. So, from the above definitions, it sounds like a prejorative only expresses criticism and disapproval, whereas a diatribe is more fierce or serious, depending on how you interpret it. Also, diatribe sounds more sort of long-term (as in taking action) than pejorative (which just sounds like a comment or statement). Hope this helps! |
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Whats the difference between a What is the difference between
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But there is a difference.
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A perjorative is a single comment, whereas a diatribe is more of a ranting screed, where you enumerate all the failures with numerous perjoratives |
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