derogativity
derogativity noun: the quality or state of being derogative; derogatoriness.
Noun
derogativity (uncountable)
- The quality or state of being derogative; derogatoriness.
- Even the diachronic allology between the English loanwords chess and checkers (both derived ultimately from Persian shāh ‘king’), where the borrowed [h] becomes an apical obstruent in one case but a velar obstruent in the other, may further strengthen the hypothesis of labio-velar derogativity.1971 Spring–Summer, Roger W. Wescott, “Labio-Velarity and Derogation in English: A Study in Phonosemic Correlation”, in American Speech, volume 46, numbers 1–2, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 136
- Several kinds of syntactically repetitive constructions are also recognized: […] 5) repetition of a phrase with the connotation of derogativity and not fulfilling interlocutor’s expectations (Vrati mi novac, vrati mi novac... ’Return me the money, return me the money...’), […]2007, Ivan Marković, “Repeticija i reduplikacija u hrvatskome [Repetition and reduplication in Croatian]”, in Suvremena lingvistika, volume 64, number 2, page 157
- Speech, expression, or behavior that is derogatory or belittling.
Origin of derogativity
From derogative + -ity.
Questions about derogativity
- What does derogativity mean?
- Derogativity means the quality or state of being derogative; derogatoriness.
- What part of speech is derogativity?
- Derogativity is a noun.
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