Associations to the word «Pejorative»

Wiktionary

PEJORATIVE, adjective. Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
PEJORATIVE, noun. A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

Dictionary definition

PEJORATIVE, adjective. Expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky