derogative
pronunciation
How to pronounce derogative in British English:
UK [dɪ'rɒgətɪv]
How to pronounce derogative in American English:
US [dɪ'rɒgətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- expressive of low opinion
Word Origin
- derogative (adj.)
- late 15c., from Middle French derogatif, from Latin *derogativus, from past participle stem of derogare (see derogatory).
Example
- 1. It has a derogative sense , implying it is unnecessary to do so .
- 2. Being called " baby " is not necessarily derogative .
- 3. A basic form of classic narrative as it was , the linear narrative has now become a derogative term in the discourse of literary criticism , and its essential merit is by and large ignored and depreciated .