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The word "skeptic" should not be used, pejoratively, to identify those who reject homeopathy in the article.— Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
This, I take it, is roughly what people mean, especially in academic circles, when they use the term 'apologetics' pejoratively: the 'bad' apologist is antecedently committed to certain claims from which no amount of argument can dissuade him, and his activities qua apologist have no purpose other than making those claims look good.— blog.kennypearce.net
Because one is historically and currently used pejoratively, and the other is not?— British Blogs
The term is frequently used pejoratively, with hindsight. '— The Nation: Top Stories
The idea that policies favorable to the wealthy, such as financial deregulation and favorable tax treatment of capital income, will ultimately benefit everybody has been described, pejoratively, as 'trickle down' economics.— PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All
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