Because, for example, the phrase "mass culture" is commonly perceived as carrying pejorative connotations, many of those who really enjoy it and write positively about it prefer to use the term "popular culture.". From LearnThat.org. [Michael Kammen]
They use gambling only in pejorative contexts, as in “problem gambling.”. From Wordnik.com. [Macau’s Big Gamble] Reference
It isn't the bar graph per se that's so pejorative is the way it is interpreted. From Wordnik.com. [And Now For The Rest of the Story] Reference
The double pejorative is unfortunate, as I also find the term to be pretty clever. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » I Am Incredibly Important] Reference
Was Sarah correct; That using the term “RETARDS” as a pejorative is insensitive and cruel?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Palin says she’s fine with Limbaugh’s use of the ‘r-word.’] Reference
I suspect part of the issue with Goody Two-Shoes becoming a pejorative is that the term “Goody” is being misread. From Wordnik.com. [Goody Two Shoes | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"] Reference
Why “masculine” tends to be a term of praise and “feminine” (or worse, effeminate) pejorative is another matter. From Wordnik.com. [By the Letters : Christian Bök : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
After reviewing, GLAAD called on Universal to remove the scene where the word 'gay' was used as a pejorative from the trailer. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Slur REMOVED From 'The Dilemma' Trailer] Reference
This same progression, from neutral to pejorative, is happening with the words challenged and special, used in the same sense, today. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - The euphemism treadmill.] Reference
It was the Eighteenth-Century philosophes and illuminati who coined the pejorative term. From Wordnik.com. [Gates of Vienna] Reference
I don’t even give the time of day to people who talk about “selling out” in pejorative terms. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Key to the Hook] Reference
Jingo is neither a pejorative, which is to say derogatory or dyslogistic, nor is it a blasphemous term. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Kennedy, Workhorse Lawmaker - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState] Reference
The Obama propagandists deliberately coined the pejorative tag of “birther” to sound similar to “truther.”. From Wordnik.com. [Post-American Presidency] Reference
This idea of nation-building is a kind of pejorative phrase. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Bush and Gore Face off in a Kinder, Gentler Debate - October 11, 2000] Reference
Cuz, a lady wrench who can use the word "pejorative" correctly in a sentence....oh, my!. From Wordnik.com. [Multiples: How Much Is Too Much?] Reference
I don't think "supposed self defense" is a "pejorative" description of what's going on. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: A No-Knock Death Warrant] Reference
I will so miss the use of the word "pejorative" in NASA news conferences after Keith asked a question. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Griffin Doesn't Seem To Miss NASA Watch - NASA Watch] Reference
As Victor writes, the term has taken on a kind of pejorative meaning that implies intellectual laziness. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Versus Conservative Partisanship « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
Yeah, pagan is kind of pejorative, but it is used in an academic sense to refer to the pre-Judeo-Christian religions. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Congressman: ‘I Fear…We Will Have Many More Muslims In The United States’] Reference
I'm not sure the word "sprawling" helps your case here - I see it as pejorative, meaning overlong, boring, and probably badly written. From Wordnik.com. [HH Com 179] Reference
Perhaps you've also heard the term 'merker' which is pejorative, meaning a psychopathic misfit. From Wordnik.com. [Cobb] Reference
The "pejorative" use of the term liberal is aimed at those who pretty-much-falsely claim the term applies to themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Hence, the flaming debates and pejorative harangues. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
KOUCHNER: The word realpolitik is a little pejorative. From Wordnik.com. [‘We Want To Believe’] Reference
But Kaplan is convinced this shouldn't be seen as pejorative. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons Of The Pagans] Reference
The term "industrial policy" should not be seen as a pejorative. From Wordnik.com. [The U.S. Needs Its Own Industrial Policy] Reference
Support groups and patients prefer the less pejorative term "cleft lip.". From Wordnik.com. [Science's Awesome Frontier] Reference
It carries no real definition beyond a pejorative referring to black people. From Wordnik.com. [Byron Williams: The N-Word and our Collective Immaturity] Reference
Patients call me a physician frequently, and they don't mean it as a pejorative. From Wordnik.com. [A Physician's Lament] Reference
Spasmodic was used in a pejorative sense by her mentor, Thomas Wentworth Higginson. From Wordnik.com. [Biography Speculates Emily Dickinson Had Epilepsy] Reference
And these things that are, you know, crossovers is not necessarily a pejorative term. From Wordnik.com. [Classical Music at a Crossroads] Reference
The pejorative usage of thug was the subject of a recent Atlanta Journal Constitution article. From Wordnik.com. ['Thug Life' and the Effect of Hip-Hop on Language] Reference
Allard's tactless pediatrician gave her an outdated book that used the pejorative term "mongoloid.". From Wordnik.com. [New Era, New Worry] Reference
For many people, though, thug is pejorative term describing young black men who were considered criminals. From Wordnik.com. ['Thug Life' and the Effect of Hip-Hop on Language] Reference
It was deviant more for him in the sense of diverging from the mainstream than anything significantly pejorative. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
Neither should the legacy of as violent a pejorative as the n-word, but that's a conversation we had a couple weeks ago, too. From Wordnik.com. [Asher Smith: Is America Post-Racial? Or Just Forgetful?] Reference
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