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Derogative - What does it mean?

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derogative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Disparaging, tending or intending to be belittling.
  • Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates

    • Synonyms

    * derogatory

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A derogatory word or word-form.
  • * 1870 , Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society , volume 2, page 24:
    • (interposing s , the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives )
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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.