To pronounce most words, simply sound them out. The "pe" is pronounced like a "pea" in pea soup, followed by "jor" pronounced like your with a "j", then add "a" "tive." In the end, you will get "pea-jor-a-tive." It is a word or phrase with a negative connotation, like the commonly mis-defined word "molest." Molest simply means to bother. It does not mean to rape.
Pejorative :Pejorative sense was exactly what brought the word back into use in the mid-nineteenth century.
Pejorative prefixes and suffixes attach a negative meaning to a word. An example of a pejorative prefix is dis-: disinformation, disconnect, disloyal, and disagree.
A word or phrase is pejorative if it expresses contempt or disapproval about the thing or person described. Most pejorative expressions may also be used in a non-pejorative way, however, and (as with any implied meaning) determining the intent of the speaker is problematic.Although pejorative means the same thing as disparaging, the latter term may be applied to a look or gesture as well as to words and phrases.Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorative word and eventually grow to have a non-pejorative sense.
Bob was making pejorative remarks about his customers behind their backs, so I had to fire him.
Some words that have once been pejorative can have the meaning change when used in slang. The more you use a word, the less power that word has. Rappers for example, have taken the most commonly used pejorative word and made it a greeting to friends. Homosexuals have taken the "power" away from the word gay to mean Good As You.
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A pejorative term is a word or phrase that expresses negative or disparaging connotations about someone or something. It is used to belittle or criticize, often in a disrespectful or insulting manner.
"How do you pronounce the word ion?" The word 'ion' is pronounced i-on(I-oN)
pronounce the word as you see it - bet.
The prefix of the word "pronounce" is "pro-".
Negative words can hurt and often there are ways one can rephrase to give a pejorative term a positive spin. This is called reappropriation.
The base word of "pronouncement" is "pronounce."