What is it called when a derisive epithet becomes the adopted name of a group of people? Instances of this type of event include the origins of the names "Christian", "Lutheran", and "Methodist." All of these groups of people did not originally call themselves by these names, but they all eventually adopted these names for themselves.
2006-11-08 15:00:25 · 3 answers · asked by David H 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Verbicide?
Verbal Flagellation?
Label Libel?
Why do you find your examples indicative of self-derision? They are "ists"; is this what you find derisive?
Perhaps the answer you seek is "self-deprecation".
2006-11-08 16:45:40 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Anglicization.
2006-11-08 15:24:22 · answer #2 · answered by Lightbringer 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you meanlike African Americans referring to themselves as N*iggers
2006-11-08 15:11:35 · answer #3 · answered by Agnon L 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋