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pejorative

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

expressing disapproval or a negative connotation

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In a sentence

Pejorative in a sentence

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He used the term in a pejorative sense, meaning to insult.

Antonyms
complimentaryflatteringlaudatory

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The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Pejorative (adjective) means expressing disapproval or a negative connotation
Here is pejorative used in an example sentence: "He used the term in a pejorative sense, meaning to insult."
Common synonyms for pejorative include disparaging, derogatory, belittling, deprecatory.
Antonyms of pejorative include complimentary, flattering, laudatory.
Pejorative is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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