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At its most pejorative, the term describes a uniquely disposable kind of young gay man: Hairless, guileless, witless.

In Spanish the word joke (broma) is not at all pejorative, it is playful.

The late Andrew Breitbart even offered a $100,000 reward for audio or video of Lewis being called a racial pejorative.

“A Billy Collins poem” has even been used as a pejorative term in certain workshop settings.

Grossman is quick to point out that he does not consider the term “sheep” a pejorative.

He consistently uses "Jew" as a pejorative adjective instead of "Jewish."

But given its age and its purpose this ought not to be construed in the contemporary, pejorative sense.

This term is a pejorative which may be applied also to the exercise of our other senses.

Alternatively, Professor A. Dalzell points out to me that illa could have a pejorative sense.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pejorative, such as: debasing, deprecatory, depreciatory, derisive, derogatory, and detracting.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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