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| | pejorative - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com |
 | | A word or phrase is pejorative or derogatory (sometimes misspelt perjorative) if it expresses contempt or disapproval; dyslogistic (noun: dyslogism) is used synonymously (antonyms: meliorative, eulogistic, noun eulogism). |
 | | Although pejorative means much the same thing as disparaging, the latter term may be applied to a look or gesture as well as to spoken language— in the evocative languages of gesture, it is not easy to distinguish a disparaging gesture from a dismissive or merely skeptical one, however. |
 | | In other cases, some groups have attempted to reclaim formerly offensive words applied against them, with limited success: when usage of a term like nigger, redneck, "white cracker", dyke, queer, faggot, tranny, pervert, Kraut, or cripple by someone outside the group is still considered offensive, that is a sign this process of neutralization is uncompleted. |
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