pejorative
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Last month, a long-delayed review commissioned by Waltham Forest found that restraint and seclusion became "normalised" and a culture developed that allowed "pejorative views of non-compliant children".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Nor is B-grade a pejorative, but rather an honorable tradition, especially when it comes to sci-fi and horror.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
There is a pejorative word—reactionary—to describe such an enterprise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
"Mercenary" is a particularly pejorative word in Arabic.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
I’d stopped using the word fascinated to describe the way he engaged with me and my life, because the pejorative iteration of the word no longer seemed fair.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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