derogative

adj, noun — 3 senses

derogative

adj

Etymology From derogate + -ive.

1

Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.

"How strange, but then again, he is a strange man." [...] "Don't get me wrong. I did not mean that in a derogative sense."1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 149:

2

Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates

Synonyms: derogatory, contemptuous
Antonyms: deferential
Derived terms: derogatively

derogative

noun

Etymology From derogate + -ive.

1

Rare A derogatory word or word-form.

(interposing s, the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives)1870, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, volume 2, page 24:

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