Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a low or bad sense.
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- adverb In a pejorative manner.
Insultingly ,disparagingly . Used in a manner tobelittle orharm thereputation of another.
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- adverb in a pejorative manner
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Examples
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But this requires a form of analysis that refuses theoretical abstraction and is willing to look at the actual networks being formed, the impersonal life of technology and I do not use this term pejoratively, the new forms of economy and social relation.
Archive 2009-07-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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But this requires a form of analysis that refuses theoretical abstraction and is willing to look at the actual networks being formed, the impersonal life of technology and I do not use this term pejoratively, the new forms of economy and social relation.
The advent of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Outsiders sometimes use this term pejoratively, but locals are fiercely proud of the region's industrial identity.
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Old people, and I’m not using the term pejoratively, watch a lot of TV just look at CBS’ demos, so it would probably do well in the ratings.
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Great, namecalling (I am assuming you use that term pejoratively).
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The case comes as elected officials across the country have pushed for bills to end automatic citizenship for children, born here, who are sometimes referred to pejoratively as anchor babies.
NYT > Home Page By SAM DOLNICK 2011
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Lots of people use that term pejoratively but really don't know what it means.
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I like/d the article because of the way it challenges (albeit in a “clever” (and like you I use the word pejoratively)rather than an ”authentic” way) the way I have thought about blogging – but i will acknowledge that this position is more likely a reflection of my limited reading around issues of technology, sociology and culture, than a reflection of any merit in the commentary.
economics of information: resources Bill Kerr 2007
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I don’t want to “ASSume” here, but I hope you didn’t mean that term pejoratively because that won’t work with me sister.
Your Deal 2004
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In truth, it seems either structural or political or both limitations need to be imposed on the political branches because the solution is not as simple as aggrandizement by the courts, whether it is labelled pejoratively as “judicial activism” or euphemistically as “judicial engagement.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » IJ’s Bone Marrow Case: Judical Engagement, Not Activism 2009
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