pejorative

See also: péjorative

English

Etymology

French 1882 péjorative (“depreciative, disparaging”), from Late Latin pēiōrātus, past participle of pēiōrāre (“make worse”), from Latin pēior (“worse”). Compare English 1644 pejorate (“to worsen”), from the same etymology.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɪˈdʒɒɹətɪv/
(General American) IPA^(key): /pəˈdʒɔɹəɾɪv/

Adjective

pejorative (comparative more pejorative, superlative most pejorative)

Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

disparaging, belittling or derogatory

Catalan: pejoratiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貶義的 (zh), 贬义的 (zh) (biǎnyì de), 輕蔑的的 (zh), 轻蔑的 (zh) (qīngmiè de)
Czech: pejorativní (cs)
Danish: nedsættende
Dutch: kleinerend (nl) denigrerend (nl)
Finnish: halventava (fi), väheksyvä, alentava (fi)
French: péjoratif (fr)
Galician: pexorativo m
German: abschätzig (de), abwertend (de), herabsetzend (de), verschlechternd (de), verschlimmernd (de), pejorativ (de)
Greek: υποτιμητικός (el) m (ypotimitikós), εξευτελιστικός (el) m (exeftelistikós), μειωτικός (el) m (meiotikós)
Hungarian: pejoratív (hu)
Italian: peggiorativo, riduttivo (it) m

Japanese: 軽蔑的な (けいべつてきな, kēbetsuteki na); 侮蔑的な (ぶべつてきな, bubetsuteki na); 侮辱的な (ぶじょくてきな, bujokuteki na)
Korean: 경멸어 (gyeong myeoreo), 경멸적인 (gyeong myeol jeogin)
Macedonian: погрден m (pógrden), пејоративен m (pejoratíven)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nedsettende (no)
Polish: pejoratywny (pl) m
Portuguese: pejorativo (pt)
Romanian: peiorativ (ro)
Russian: неодобри́тельный (ru) (neodobrítelʹnyj), уничижи́тельный (ru) (uničižítelʹnyj), презри́тельный (ru) (prezrítelʹnyj)
Spanish: despectivo (es), peyorativo (es)
Swedish: nedsättande (sv), pejorativ (sv)
Turkish: ablak (tr), alçaltıcı (tr), aşağılayıcı (tr), küçültücü (tr), yermeli (tr), pejoratif (tr) (sociology)

Noun

pejorative (plural pejoratives)

A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

Synonyms

dyslogism
dysphemism

Antonyms

eulogism

Translations

disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression

Afrikaans: pejoratief (af)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (word) 貶義詞 (zh), 贬义词 (zh) (biǎnyìcí), 輕蔑詞, 轻蔑词 (qīngmiècí), (expression) 貶義語, 贬义语 (biǎnyìyǔ), 輕蔑語, 轻蔑语 (qīngmièyǔ)
Czech: pejorativum (cs) n
Dutch: pejoratief (nl)
Finnish: pejoratiivi (fi), haukkumasana
German: Pejorativum (de) n
Italian: peggiorativo m
Japanese: 軽蔑 (ja) (けいべつ, kēbetsu); 侮蔑 (ja) (ぶべつ, bubetsu); 侮辱 (ja) (ぶじょく, bujoku)
Macedonian: пејоратив m (pejoratív)

Norwegian: pejorativ n
Portuguese: pejorativo (pt) m
Romanian: peiorativ (ro) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пежоратив m, пејоратив m

Latin: pežorativ m, pejorativ (sh) m
Spanish: peyorativo (es) m
Swedish: pejorativ (sv) n
Turkish: aşağılama (tr), hakaret (tr)

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Translations to be checked

Korean:
hangul: 경멸

romaja: gyeongmyeol
Latin: ^{(please verify)} peiorativus
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} погрден m (pógrden), ^{(please verify)} навредлив m (návredliv)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} pejorativt n

References

“pejorative” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

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