Usually means: Derogatory term expressing disapproval, contempt.
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  1. pejorative: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pejorative: Merriam-Webster
  3. pejorative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pejorative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pejorative: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pejorative: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pejorative, pejorative: Wordnik
  8. pejorative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pejorative: Wiktionary
  10. pejorative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pejorative: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pejorative: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Pejorative, pejorative: Dictionary.com
  14. pejorative: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pejorative: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Pejorative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Pejorative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. pejorative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. pejorative: Rhymezone
  20. Pejorative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. pejorative: FreeDictionary.org
  22. pejorative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Pejorative: The Word Detective
  24. pejorative: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pejorative: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pejorative: Medical dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pejorative: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
noun:  A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

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