Translation

Select text and it is translated.
This area is result which is translated word.

Languages

Pejorative

The toneor style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia.
Specific concerns may be found on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articlesfor suggestions.(May 2008)
This article needs additional citationsfor verification.
Please help improve this articleby adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challengedand removed. (May 2008)
Look up pejorative, derisive, derogatory, dyslogistic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Words[1] and phrases are pejorative if they imply disapproval[2] or contempt. The adjective pejorative is synonymous with derogatory, derisive, dyslogistic, and contemptuous. When used as an adjective, pejorative has two meanings: (1) tending to make or become better, and (2) tending to encourage or support. When used as a noun, pejorative means "a belittling or disparaging word or expression".

Pejorative expressions that are not inherently dyslogisms may also be used in a non-pejorative way, however, and determining the intent of the speaker is problematic — as with any implied meaning. Conversely, a common rhetorical ploy is to apply "pejorative" to a factual descriptor — as "toxic" might be applied to poison — and then decry it as "pejorative" to suit the agenda of those defending the substance as harmless.[citation needed]

Not every instance of criticism is pejorative.

Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorative word and eventually be adopted in a non-pejorative sense. This happened with the terms Quaker, Yankee, Okie, Tory and Whig, Ham radio operator, Methodist, Shaker, Unitarian and Sooner which were originally slang insults but came to be used as non-pejorative standard words. In historical linguistics, this phenomenon is known as melioration, or amelioration. Sometimes a term is still considered as a pejorative word by some but not by others. In other cases, some groups have attempted to reclaim formerly offensive words applied against them, with limited success. Such terms as nigger (nigga), "kike", redneck, cracker, white trash, Redskin, dyke, queer, fairy, faggot, tranny, geek, nerd, Paki, chav, or cripple are considered pejorative if used by one who is not a member of the group in question. British English also incorporates many British regional slurs.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ See Random House Unabridged reference listing "princeling" as a pejorative.
  2. ^ pejorative definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta

See also


 This sociology-related article is a stub. You can helpWikipedia by expanding it.
 This linguisticsarticle is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Categories: Discrimination | Pejoratives | Slang | Sociology stubs | Linguistics stubsHidden categories: All articles needing style editing | Wikipedia articles needing style editing from May 2008 | Articles needing additional references from May 2008 | All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since February 2008 | Articles with unsourced statements since April 2008

Link former page on this page

Related word on this page

Related Shopping on this page