pejorative in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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peggiorativo
pejorative
spregiativo
pejorative
spregiativo
pejorative
dispregiativo
pejorative
il senso figurato, letterale, peggiorativo di una parola
the figurative, literal, pejorative sense of a word
avere un senso peggiorativo
to be pejorative, to have a pejorative sense
Terrone
This word is derived from terra (land or earth), because it refers to an agricultural worker who used to work on the land on the large estates in the south of Italy. It has become the most common word used by northern Italians to describe a southern Italian in a pejorative and racist way, usually with the additional meaning of “ignorant, dirty, uncivilized” being understood. The term gained currency in the 1960s and 1970s when there was widespread immigration of southern Italians into the industrial towns and cities of the northwest. In Italy today insulting terms of a racist nature concentrate largely on foreign immigrants from outside the European Community, and the term terrone is less widely used and often takes on humorous overtones (especially when used by southerners themselves). Its negative sense has, however, been given a boost by the anti-southern polemic of the Lega Nord.

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dispregiativo (-a)
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spregiativo (-a)
pejorative
peggiorativo
pejorative
peggiorativo (-a)
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Often the substituted terms become pejoratives in the context that they are used.
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In other words, the term is not pejorative, but the opposite.
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It can be considered pejorative when used to describe others, but it can also be used as a self-identifier without negative connotations.
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From the context in the novel, the word was considered crude and pejorative at the time.
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In it, the writer hopes to reverse the negative connotations behind female pejoratives.
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Such parties consider "predatory lending" a pejorative term.
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It is also used as a pejorative term for individuals who are considered to be rude, abrasive, inconsiderate, or otherwise contemptible.
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Those described as wandering bishops often see the term as pejorative.
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Though venality is generally used as a pejorative term, an individual or entity could be venal (or mercenary) and not be corrupt or unethical.
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However, the play is not just about jokes and laughs; rather, it aims to strip these very racial slurs of their pejorative power.
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