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pejorize

pejorize verb: to render pejorative.

Verb

pejorize (third-person singular simple present pejorizes, present participle pejorizing, simple past and past participle pejorized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To render pejorative.
    • It is enough that we are all as yet mere children in knowledge without being so foolish also as to aggravate and pejorize the situation with our hoydenish conduct.1926, Paul Carus, The Open Court, volume 40, page 635
    • On the other hand, the fact that OE cniht means not only 'boy, youth', but also 'servant' reflects a different, pejorizing tendency which likewise has parallels elsewhere.1991, Hans Henrich Hock, Principles of Historical Linguistics, page 302

Forms of pejorize

third-person singular presentpejorizes
present participlepejorizing
past participlepejorized
pastpejorized

Questions about pejorize

What does pejorize mean?
Pejorize means to render pejorative.
What part of speech is pejorize?
Pejorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of pejorize?
The past tense of pejorize is pejorized.

Words near pejorize in the dictionary

  1. pejorativization
  2. pejorism
  3. pejorist
  4. pejorists
  5. pejority
  6. pejorize
  7. pejorized
  8. pejorizes
  9. pejorizing
  10. pejvakin
  11. pek chek

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