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adj. - Expressing disapproval.

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  • dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'
  • Mischievous fallacies also circulate from the convertible use of what Mr.B. is pleased to call dyslogistic and eulogistic terms.
  • Jingo is neither a pejorative, which is to say derogatory or dyslogistic, nor is it a blasphemous term.
  • C.S. Lewis, on criticism, remarked, "Keep a strict eye on eulogistic and dyslogistic adjectives — they should diagnose (not merely blame) and distinguish (not merely...
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