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   De·rog·a·to·ry

   /dəˈräɡəˌtôrē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. showing a critical or disrespectful attitude: "she tells me I'm fat and is always making derogatory remarks"

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘impairing in force or effect’): from late Latin derogatorius, from derogat- ‘abrogated’, from the verb derogare (see derogate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. derogatorily adverb

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   Derogatory definition: tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory. See examples of DEROGATORY used in a sentence.

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   What does the term 'derogatory' mean?

   • According to the dictionary definitions, 'derogatory' means expressing derogation; detracting; injurious. This term can also refer to a trade-line on a credit report that includes negative credit history and tends to lessen or derogate the value of someone.

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   How common is the word derogatory?

   • About 1 occurrence per million words in modern written English is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dērogātōrius.

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   How do people use derogatory terms?

   • This way of using derogatory terms is Maltz and Borker 1982, Tannen 1990). This was confirmed in the question- naire results. For four terms, significantly more males than females reported that they would use the word as a friendly form of address; for no term did females report greater usage as a term of address.

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   What is a derogatory comment?

   • If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them. [...] • disparaging, damaging, offensive, slighting [...] These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins. Read more Both are derogatory comments.

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   DEROGATORY definition: showing strong disapproval and not showing any respect for someone: . Learn more.

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   DEROGATORY meaning: expressing a low opinion of someone or something showing a lack of respect for someone or something.

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   derogatory meaning: showing strong disapproval and not showing any respect for someone: . Learn more.

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   Define derogatory. derogatory synonyms, derogatory pronunciation, derogatory translation, English dictionary definition of derogatory. adj. 1. Disparaging; belittling: a derogatory comment. 2. Tending to detract or diminish. de·rog′a·to′ri·ly adv. de·rog′a·to′ri·ness n. American Heritage®...

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    What does the word derogatory mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word derogatory, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.