Pejoratives is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pejoratives meaning
plural of pejorative
Using Pejoratives
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of pejorative
Context around Pejoratives
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pejoratives
- In this selection, "pejoratives" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, levelling, classic, cult and meaning stand out and add context to how "pejoratives" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1830s as pejoratives to describe and levelling pejoratives at their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pejoratives" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pejoratives
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And while the incident was void of classic pejoratives, meaning the N-word, a slur’s a slur, the Trib noted. (21 words)
Levelling pejoratives at their interlocutors is, in fact, the progressive Left’s principal and most favored form of argument whenever their views are questioned. (24 words)
Popular usage The terms "Mormon" and "Mormonite" were first used in the 1830s as pejoratives to describe those who followed Joseph Smith and believed in the divine origin of the Book of Mormon. (33 words)
Bevel handed out fliers at the protest which said: "Are the Moonies our new niggers?" citation In 1990, a position paper sent from the Unification Church to The Fresno Bee said: "We will fight gratuitous use of the 'Moonie' or 'cult' pejoratives. (42 words)
Popular usage The terms "Mormon" and "Mormonite" were first used in the 1830s as pejoratives to describe those who followed Joseph Smith and believed in the divine origin of the Book of Mormon. (33 words)
Levelling pejoratives at their interlocutors is, in fact, the progressive Left’s principal and most favored form of argument whenever their views are questioned. (24 words)
Example sentences (4)
Levelling pejoratives at their interlocutors is, in fact, the progressive Left’s principal and most favored form of argument whenever their views are questioned.
And while the incident was void of classic pejoratives, meaning the N-word, a slur’s a slur, the Trib noted.
Bevel handed out fliers at the protest which said: "Are the Moonies our new niggers?" citation In 1990, a position paper sent from the Unification Church to The Fresno Bee said: "We will fight gratuitous use of the 'Moonie' or 'cult' pejoratives.
Popular usage The terms "Mormon" and "Mormonite" were first used in the 1830s as pejoratives to describe those who followed Joseph Smith and believed in the divine origin of the Book of Mormon.