Sentences with phrase «pejorative term»
A pejorative term is a word or phrase that is used to express disapproval, criticism, or contempt towards something or someone. It is a negative or derogatory term that is meant to demean or belittle its subject. Full definition
The governing body is aware of three tweets the 21 - year - old apparently sent in 2012 and 2013 when he was a member of Barnsley's youth set - up, that contain pejorative terms for gay men.
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But I feel compelled to comment that your 8/17/12 summons used some highly pejorative terms in an attempt to smear my reputation as a veterinarian.
It would be very good to have a ceasefire from insult and the use of pejorative terms about people at this time.
Furthermore, the search for the psychological dimension in the biblical text is not in any sense «reductionistic» — that pejorative term so often used to raise suspicions about innovative modes of interpretation.
«Exclusivists» (a somewhat pejorative term, to be sure, but one that may stick all the same) are people who insist on the finality and uniqueness of biblical revelation.
This can be easily dismissed by such now pejorative terms as «metaphysics» or «speculation.»
Westerners and Asians with democratic convictions will, of course, characterize this model in morally pejorative terms.
«Shakabula» (Yoruba pejorative term for crude arms) versus AK - 47?
All of them are committed to the same general principles - to make a bold nationwide rejection of racism and xenophobia and counter the ongoing hostility towards immigration that has transformed words like migrant and immigrant into pejorative terms.
If it weren't so seemingly pejorative a term, we might be tempted to say that Jensen performs a generic form of abstraction.
The omission may well be down to the simple fact that the phrase «human rights» has passed into the lexicon of pejorative terms employed by the British media, alongside «political correctness», as shorthand for something that runs contrary to a deeply ingrained British sense of fair play.
«Holy Rollers,» a popular but pejorative term for Pentecostals, has fallen into disuse.
To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all.
This pejorative term means extracting income by placing tollbooths on the economy's key infrastructure.
Pastor in chief is a pejorative term to say the least at this time of deep national grief for the loss of innocent children's lives.
Idolatry is a pejorative term for the worship of an idol or a physical object such as a cult image as a god, or practices believed to verge on worship, such as giving honour and regard to created forms.
«The term atheism originated from the Greek ἄθεος (atheos), meaning «without god (s)», used as a pejorative term applied to those thought to reject the gods worshipped by the larger society.»
Knowing that the word «dogma» is a pejorative term for most Americans, O'Connor boldly capitalized it, confessing in the upper case that «My stories have been watered and fed by Dogma.»
The other front was known as Romanism, a pejorative term for Catholic Christianity.
In a time when «Cartesian» has almost become a pejorative term, Nagel invites us to have second thoughts.
Justin Welby called for a «ceasefire» on the use of insults, «personalised attacks» and «pejorative terms» as the process of leaving the European Union continues.
The Masters is golf's Super Bowl, and I mean that as a pejorative term.
A pejorative term that's used with pride, hinting at a kind of arrogance that only winners can afford to display.
We are used to thinking about ideology as a pejorative term — a utopian blueprint for world order with all the consequences that totalitarianism brings.
Thanks, On the Internazionale point, the intention was just to make the rhetorical point that «immigrants» only seems to get used generically as a pejorative term, eg in crime reporting, etc..
Kelly agreed that spying was «a pejorative term» and remained unapologetic in his defense of NYPD tactics, which he said are both legal and critical to keeping the world's largest target safe.
The word hysterical is derived from the Greek for womb and the pejorative term is usually directed towards women.
This is a pejorative term and intended to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the proceedings.
POBRECITO «Man flu» is often used as a pejorative term for when men overstate their cold symptoms as flu symptoms.
Paul is mentally retarded — that's the medical diagnosis, this is not a pejorative term.
The food looks great, the cast looks great, the dialogue is reasonably snappy, and the movie is happily shameless: «Burnt» has no problem pausing to have Chef Awesome cook a special birthday cake for the curly - haired daughter of Miller's character, an overwhelmed single mother (In «Jerry Maguire,» there was a pejorative term for this maneuver).
But with «mum» no longer a pejorative term («mom jeans» = Vogue - approved denim choice), planet film is catching on to the excellent - ness of mothers.
«Elitism» is the pejorative term lobbed around film criticism the most, and this kind of dismissive behavior is exactly why people hate the Oscar build - up.
I am determined that we stamp out the use of the word gay as a pejorative term.»
At New Milford, Putnam had noticed with dismay that his students used the word «gay» as a pejorative term.
Some observers have referred to the new groups as «astroturf,» a pejorative term for a grassroots organization that is actually a front for a vested interest.
Disciplinarian charter schools ask students to embody various physical and behavioral habits: to be successful, students must sit in a certain way, follow specific conduct codes, and limit their emotional expressions (or, to use the pejorative term, «outbursts»).
Not a pejorative term.
Perhaps another part is that using a pejorative term (vanity) only clouds the issue.»