We use it in the Pejorative sense.
That's so gay" is always Pejorative, always harmful, and always homophobic.
In the modern world the word“humility” is often used in a Pejorative sense.
The"Harley-Davidson" name was mocked as"Hardly Ableson","Hardly Driveable," and"Hogly Ferguson",
and the nickname"Hog" became Pejorative.
The term parlor magic is sometimes used but
is considered by some to be Pejorative.
It unnecessarily creates fear, especially when Pejorative terms like“dangerous” are recklessly linked with mental ill-health.
In the current debate, the term anti-life is often used in the most Pejorative way.
The term pseudoscience is considered Pejorative because it suggests something is being presented as science inaccurately
or even deceptively.
The term pseudoscience is often considered Pejorative[4]because it suggests something is being presented as science inaccurately
or even deceptively.
The Pejorative connotations of the word can be summed
up in the aphorism,"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter".
The term pseudoscience is often considered Pejorative,[4] because it suggests something is being inaccurately
or even deceptively portrayed as science.
Based on the feedback,
Drew applied more adhesive to the tape and ultimately branded the tape with the Pejorative"stingy" name of"Scotch.".
Today's Pejorative terms like“snowflake” aren't so far
removed from yesterday's insults of boys and men for being wimps or sissies or cry-babies.
Sometimes, a term may begin as a Pejorative and eventually be adopted in a non-Pejorative sense(or vice versa)
in some or all contexts.
In recent years, at least among Shia clerics, the term ruhani(spiritual) has been
promoted as an alternative to mullah and akhoond, free of Pejorative connotations.
In recent years, at least among Shia mullahs, the term ruhani(spiritual) has been
promoted as an alternative to mullah and akhoond, free of Pejorative connotations.
Although the term reactive planning goes back to at least 1988,
the term"reactive" has now become a Pejorative[according to whom?] used as an antonym for proactive.
Depending upon the context, fundamentalism can be a Pejorative rather than a neutral characterization,
similar to the ways that calling political perspectives"right-wing" or"left-wing" can, for some, have negative connotations.
Depending upon the context, the label"fundamentalism" can be a Pejorative rather than a neutral characterization,
similar to the ways that calling political perspectives"right-wing" or"left-wing" can have for some negative connotations.
So early on“two bit” wasn't a Pejorative, but somewhere along the way,
presumably as prices increased via inflation while the value of a bit did not, the negative connotation came.
Outside of our fair share of“man up” jargon,
we persistently use effeminate, Pejorative adjectives as a form of irony to build camaraderie,
diminish feminine traits, and highlight the inherent masculine nature of military tasks.
However, it has become largely Pejorative and used almost exclusively to refer to any fringe
theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by conspirators of almost superhuman power and cunning.
The seeds of this post were planted by a reader who wrote an email to me complaining of what she had
interpreted in my earlier blog posts on this syndrome as a Pejorative attitude toward folks with bpd.
In such cases,
the term"dervishes" may have been used as a generic(and often Pejorative) term for the opposing Islamic entity and all members of its military, political and religious institutions, including persons who would not be considered"dervishes" in the strict sense.
When someone asserts that a conspiracy has taken place(especially when it is a conspiracy by powerful people or institutions) that person's word is automatically given less
credence than it should because of an irrational prejudice associated with the Pejorative connotations of these terms.