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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pejorative  \Pe*jor"a*tive\,  a.  [F.  p['e]joratif,  fr  L.  pejor, 
  used  as  compar.  of  malus  evil.] 
  Implying  or  imputing  evil;  depreciatory;  disparaging; 
  unfavorable. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pejorative 
  adj  :  expressing  disapproval;  "dyslogistic  terms  like  `nitwit'  and 
  `scalawag'"  [syn:  {dyslogistic},  {dislogistic}] 




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