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  • adjective Not pejorative.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ pejorative

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Examples

  • 'Gringos' (an informal nonpejorative term applied to those speaking what must sound like Greek to Spanish-speakers) have long been part of Mexican culture.

    Retiring Abroad - Why Not? 2007

  • 'Gringos' (an informal nonpejorative term applied to those speaking what must sound like Greek to Spanish-speakers) have long been part of Mexican culture.

    Retiring Abroad - Why Not? 2007

  • After your numerous prescriptivist v. descriptivist posts, I find it incredulous that you can claim unilaterally prescriptively that homosexual is nonpejorative.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Word I Will Gladly Continue To Use: 2007

  • After your numerous prescriptivist v. descriptivist posts, I find it incredulous that you can claim unilaterally prescriptively that homosexual is nonpejorative.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Word I Will Gladly Continue To Use: 2007

  • His family has lived in exile ever since, but despite his years abroad he's never sought to shed his identity (sarazino is nonpejorative French slang for people of North African descent).

    Jammin Reggae Archives 2010

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