derogative
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Definition of derogative
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
“"How strange, but then again, he is a strange man." [...] "Don't get me wrong. I did not mean that in a derogative sense."”
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adj
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Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
“"How strange, but then again, he is a strange man." [...] "Don't get me wrong. I did not mean that in a derogative sense."”
- Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
noun
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(rare)A derogatory word or word-form.
“(interposing s, the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives)”
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Etymology
From derogate + -ive.
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