What does, " Speak in the pejorative" mean?

2006-09-06 10:12:03 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help

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I would assume it means purposely speaking to make something worse. Pejorative by definition means to make something worse, so it would be to speak in a derogatory or demeaning way. Saying that President Bush is an idiot would be speaking in the pejorative.

2006-09-06 10:55:53 · answer #1 · answered by SuzeY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

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