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perjorative

perjorative is the misspelling of pejorative.

Meaning of pejorative

Adjective

pejorative (comparative more pejorative, superlative most pejorative)

  1. Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
    • These days, on platforms like X, slopulism is a pejorative label often applied to posts by politicians and pundits alike, anyone who shares out lowest-common-denominator ideas designed to appeal to loyal political bases.2026 February 13, Nathan Taylor Pemberton, “When Posting Becomes Its Own Style of Politics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2026

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Questions about perjorative

What is perjorative the misspelling of?
Perjorative is the misspelling of pejorative.

Words near perjorative in the dictionary

  1. periœci
  2. periœcus
  3. Perișani
  4. perjink
  5. perjinkety
  6. perjorative
  7. perjurable
  8. perjure
  9. perjured
  10. perjuredly
  11. perjurer

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