Derogatry vs Derogative - What's the difference?
derogatry | derogative |
Disparaging, tending or intending to be belittling.
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
(lb) A derogatory word or word-form.
* 1870 , Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society , volume 2, page 24:
derogatry
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Derogatry has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'derogatry':
directory, derogatory, directly, derogate, directive, drugstore, derogative, drystone, draughty, droughty, directoire, directedly, directable, draughtily, derriksite, doorstone, derogatelyderogative
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* derogatoryNoun
(en noun)- (interposing s , the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives )