derogative

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Definition of derogative

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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

  1. 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."”
  2. Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates

noun

  1. (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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