Sentences with phrase «pejorative connotations»

The term was and is used literally within the Christian Church without pejorative connotations, but without any claim that its truth rests on scientific principles.

It usually carries pejorative connotations of a willful disconnect from the everyday world: esoteric, over-specialized, or even useless research, and academic elitism.

During the 19th century the term acquired pejorative connotations, meaning trivial or over-ornate.

Even with the difficulties discussed above, the conversation about cross-gen games and development is riddled with pejorative connotations.

One who shows zeal, after all, is known as a zealot, a word that has pejorative connotations, as does its cognate zealotry.

Maybe one day the word «religion» will lose its pejorative connotations, just like the word «god» might.

Unfortunately, this use of Pharisaism in the Gospels has led to a pejorative connotation that is wholly unjustified.

Interesting question, but I think that if you're not satisfied by the answers given, it is because you already know the right answer: indeed in the US, «middle class» means «hard working» while «lower class» has a clear pejorative connotation of «people who don't want to work, who live off state's aid, food stamps, or petty criminality».

This is concerning in the context of the US military, where that diagnosis carries a strongly pejorative connotation.

Just the pejorative connotation behind the word «cheat» is enough to psychologically trigger a binge.

It's gaudy in every pejorative connotation of the word, packed to the rafters with distracting, stupid, show - offy clutter of the sort that people accumulate when they fear they don't have substance without it.

The term generally conveys a pejorative connotation that the advocate is driven by political, ideological, financial, and other unscientific motives...

Not exact matches

And what qualifies one to be an «insider» — interesting that you chose a word which has pejorative and nefarious connotations for many.