English words starting with pej

Meanings of Pejorate:

verb

To make worse; to cause to deteriorate. in later use also: to endow (a word) with a less favourable meaning.

Meanings of Pejoration:

noun

Worsening, deterioration; (sometimes) specifically depreciation, disapproval, criticism; an instance of this; a depreciatory or critical expression.

Meanings of Pejorative:

adjective

Expressing contempt or disapproval.

Usage examples:

Permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term

noun

A word expressing contempt or disapproval.

Usage examples:

Most of what he said was inflammatory and filled with pejoratives

Meanings of Pejoratives:

noun

A word expressing contempt or disapproval.

Usage examples:

Most of what he said was inflammatory and filled with pejoratives

adjective

Expressing contempt or disapproval.

Usage examples:

Permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term

Meanings of Pejorism:

noun

The belief that the world is becoming worse.

Meanings of Pejorist:

noun

A person who believes that the world is becoming worse.