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href="/wiki/derogatorius#Latin" title="derogatorius">dērogātōrius</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/derogare#Latin" title="derogare">dērogāre</a></i>; corresponding to <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/derogate#English" title="derogate">derogate</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-ory#English" title="-ory">-ory</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogatory&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/dɪˈɹɒɡətɹi/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-derogatory.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-derogatory.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-derogatory.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-derogatory.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-derogatory.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-derogatory.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-derogatory.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-derogatory.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/dɪˈɹɑɡətɔɹi/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogatory&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">derogatory</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">derogatory</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">derogatory</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/disparaging" title="disparaging">Disparaging</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1842</b></span>, [anonymous collaborator of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon" class="extiw" title="w:Letitia Elizabeth Landon">Letitia Elizabeth Landon</a>], chapter XL, in <cite>Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="By L. E. L., (the Late Mrs. Maclean) Authoress of “Ethel Churchill,” “The Improvisatrice,” &c. In Three Volumes.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, volume II, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Colburn" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Colburn">Henry Colburn</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="publisher, Great Marlborough Street.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1000392275">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ladyannegranardo02lell/page/218/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">218</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">It was perfectly plain, that fast and far as scandal flies, Lady Anne's words, when <b>derogatory</b> to the Count, and that beloved wife, for whose sake they would have been most resented, had never reached their retreat in Devonshire, much less followed them to distant Italy.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">usually with <i>to</i></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Tending to <a href="/wiki/derogate" title="derogate">derogate</a>: <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/injurious#English" title="injurious">injurious</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1849</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Babington_Macaulay" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Babington Macaulay">Thomas Babington Macaulay</a>, chapter X, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_England_from_the_Accession_of_James_the_Second" class="extiw" title="w:The History of England from the Accession of James the Second">The History of England from the Accession of James II</a></cite>, volume II, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longman" class="extiw" title="w:Longman">Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1069526323">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/macaulayhistoryofengland02/page/626/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">626</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The Tories <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> knew that <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> the House which should be the first to come to a resolution would have a great advantage over the other. <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> The Commons had determined that, on Monday the twenty-eighth of January, they would take into consideration the state of the nation. The Tory Lords therefore proposed, on Friday the twenty-fifth, to enter instantly on the great business <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>. But <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> Devonshire moved that Tuesday the twenty-ninth should be the day. “By that time,” he said with more truth than discretion, “we may have some lights from below which may be useful for our guidance.” His motion was carried; but his language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as <b>derogatory</b> to their order.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul> <ol><li>Reducing the <a href="/wiki/power" title="power">power</a> or value of (a governmental body, etc); <a href="/wiki/detract" title="detract">detracting</a> from. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1768</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blackstone" class="extiw" title="w:William Blackstone">William Blackstone</a>, <cite>Commentaries on the Laws of England</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Acts of Parliament <b>derogatory</b> from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing <a href="/wiki/derogation" title="derogation">derogation</a>; <a href="/wiki/insult" title="insult">insulting</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2018</b></span>, Ben Rothenberg, <cite>The New York Times</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Billie Jean King said Friday that the Australian Open’s Margaret Court Arena should have its name changed because of Court’s <b>derogatory</b> comments about gay and transgender people.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/law#English" title="law">law</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> of a clause in a <a href="/wiki/testament" title="testament">testament</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Being or pertaining to a <a href="/wiki/derogatory_clause" title="derogatory clause">derogatory clause</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogatory&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In common language, particularly used in the phrase “derogatory term”, where it is equivalent to the less common <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pejorative#English" title="pejorative">pejorative</a></i>, and in “derogatory statements”, equivalent to the more casual <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/offensive#English" title="offensive">offensive</a></i>. Many <a href="/wiki/vulgar" title="vulgar">vulgar</a> terms are derogatory.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Parasynonyms">Parasynonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogatory&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Parasynonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">disparaging</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pejorative#English" title="pejorative">pejorative</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/disapproving#English" title="disapproving">disapproving</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogatory&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/honorific#English" title="honorific">honorific</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/laudatory#English" title="laudatory">laudatory</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogatory&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/derogatorily#English" title="derogatorily">derogatorily</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/derogatoriness#English" title="derogatoriness">derogatoriness</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/derogatory_clause#English" title="derogatory clause">derogatory clause</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nonderogatory#English" title="nonderogatory">nonderogatory</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nonderogatory#English" title="nonderogatory">nonderogatory</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/underogatory#English" title="underogatory">underogatory</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogatory&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-tending_to_lessen_the_value_of"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">tending to lessen the value of</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="tending to lessen the value of"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/w/index.php?title=neerhalend&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="neerhalend (page does not exist)">neerhalend</a></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B1#Arabic" title="حقير">حَقِير</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="ar:حقير">(ar)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḥaqīr</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A1#Arabic" title="دنيء">دَنِيء</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">danīʔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="пренебрежителен (page does not exist)">пренебрежителен</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:пренебрежителен">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">prenebrežitelen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%89&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="подценяващ (page does not exist)">подценяващ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%89" class="extiw" title="bg:подценяващ">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">podcenjavašt</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/pejoratiu#Catalan" title="pejoratiu">pejoratiu</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/despectiu#Catalan" title="despectiu">despectiu</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%B4%AC%E4%B9%89#Mandarin" title="贬义">贬义</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%B4%AC%E4%B9%89" class="extiw" title="zh:贬义">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">biǎnyì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/hanliv%C3%BD#Czech" title="hanlivý">hanlivý</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/pohrdav%C3%BD#Czech" title="pohrdavý">pohrdavý</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=poni%C5%BEuj%C3%ADc%C3%AD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ponižující (page does not exist)">ponižující</a></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/neds%C3%A6ttende#Danish" title="nedsættende">nedsættende</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=denigrerend&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="denigrerend (page does not exist)">denigrerend</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/denigrerend" class="extiw" title="nl:denigrerend">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/beledigend#Dutch" title="beledigend">beledigend</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/beledigend" class="extiw" title="nl:beledigend">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/kleinerend#Dutch" title="kleinerend">kleinerend</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/kleinerend" class="extiw" title="nl:kleinerend">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/halventava#Finnish" title="halventava">halventava</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/halventava" class="extiw" title="fi:halventava">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/alentava#Finnish" title="alentava">alentava</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/alentava" class="extiw" title="fi:alentava">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/p%C3%A9joratif#French" title="péjoratif">péjoratif</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C3%A9joratif" class="extiw" title="fr:péjoratif">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/d%C3%A9pr%C3%A9ciatif#French" title="dépréciatif">dépréciatif</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9pr%C3%A9ciatif" class="extiw" title="fr:dépréciatif">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/pexorativo#Galician" title="pexorativo">pexorativo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/pexorativo" class="extiw" title="gl:pexorativo">(gl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/despectivo#Galician" title="despectivo">despectivo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/despectivo" class="extiw" title="gl:despectivo">(gl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=desprezativo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="desprezativo (page does not exist)">desprezativo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/desprezativo" class="extiw" title="gl:desprezativo">(gl)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/abwertend#German" title="abwertend">abwertend</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/abwertend" class="extiw" title="de:abwertend">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/pejorativ#German" title="pejorativ">pejorativ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/pejorativ" class="extiw" title="de:pejorativ">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/abf%C3%A4llig#German" title="abfällig">abfällig</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/abf%C3%A4llig" class="extiw" title="de:abfällig">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/beleidigend#German" title="beleidigend">beleidigend</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/beleidigend" class="extiw" title="de:beleidigend">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="υποτιμητικός (page does not exist)">υποτιμητικός</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:υποτιμητικός">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">ypotimitikós</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="μειωτικός (page does not exist)">μειωτικός</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:μειωτικός">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">meiotikós</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%92%D7%A2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="פוגע (page does not exist)">פּוֹגֵעַ</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=el%C3%ADt%C3%A9l%C5%91&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="elítélő (page does not exist)">elítélő</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/el%C3%ADt%C3%A9l%C5%91" class="extiw" title="hu:elítélő">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/rosszall%C3%B3#Hungarian" title="rosszalló">rosszalló</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/rosszall%C3%B3" class="extiw" title="hu:rosszalló">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/pejorat%C3%ADv#Hungarian" title="pejoratív">pejoratív</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/pejorat%C3%ADv" class="extiw" title="hu:pejoratív">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=len%C3%A9z%C5%91&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lenéző (page does not exist)">lenéző</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/len%C3%A9z%C5%91" class="extiw" title="hu:lenéző">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lekicsinyl%C5%91&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lekicsinylő (page does not exist)">lekicsinylő</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/lekicsinyl%C5%91" class="extiw" title="hu:lekicsinylő">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lefitym%C3%A1l%C3%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lefitymáló (page does not exist)">lefitymáló</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/offensivo#Italian" title="offensivo">offensivo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/offensivo" class="extiw" title="it:offensivo">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/ingiurioso#Italian" title="ingiurioso">ingiurioso</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/ingiurioso" class="extiw" title="it:ingiurioso">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/contumelioso#Italian" title="contumelioso">contumelioso</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/insultante#Italian" title="insultante">insultante</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/insultante" class="extiw" title="it:insultante">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/riduttivo#Italian" title="riduttivo">riduttivo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/riduttivo" class="extiw" title="it:riduttivo">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/spregiativo#Italian" title="spregiativo">spregiativo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/spregiativo" class="extiw" title="it:spregiativo">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EA%B2%BD%EB%A9%B8%EC%A0%81#Korean" title="경멸적">경멸적</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EA%B2%BD%EB%A9%B8%EC%A0%81" class="extiw" title="ko:경멸적">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">gyeongmyeoljeok</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EB%A9%B8%EC%8B%9C%EC%A0%81&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="멸시적 (page does not exist)">멸시적</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">myeolsijeok</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD#Macedonian" title="погрден">погрден</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">pogrden</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="потценувачки (page does not exist)">потценувачки</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">potcenuvački</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/nedsettende#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="nedsettende">nedsettende</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/nedsettende" class="extiw" title="no:nedsettende">(no)</a></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=nedsetjande&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="nedsetjande (page does not exist)">nedsetjande</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="تحقیرآمیز (page does not exist)">تحقیرآمیز</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">tahqir-âmiz</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/pejoratywny#Polish" title="pejoratywny">pejoratywny</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/pejoratywny" class="extiw" title="pl:pejoratywny">(pl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/pogardliwy#Polish" title="pogardliwy">pogardliwy</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/pogardliwy" class="extiw" title="pl:pogardliwy">(pl)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/pejorativo#Portuguese" title="pejorativo">pejorativo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/pejorativo" class="extiw" title="pt:pejorativo">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/depreciativo#Portuguese" title="depreciativo">depreciativo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/depreciativo" class="extiw" title="pt:depreciativo">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/derrogat%C3%B3rio#Portuguese" title="derrogatório">derrogatório</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/derogatoriu#Romanian" title="derogatoriu">derogatoriu</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/derogatoriu" class="extiw" title="ro:derogatoriu">(ro)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/defavorabil#Romanian" title="defavorabil">defavorabil</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/defavorabil" class="extiw" title="ro:defavorabil">(ro)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=prejudiciator&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="prejudiciator (page does not exist)">prejudiciator</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/d%C4%83un%C4%83tor#Romanian" title="dăunător">dăunător</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C4%83un%C4%83tor" class="extiw" title="ro:dăunător">(ro)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/denigrator#Romanian" title="denigrator">denigrator</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/denigrator" class="extiw" title="ro:denigrator">(ro)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/depreciativ#Romanian" title="depreciativ">depreciativ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/depreciativ" class="extiw" title="ro:depreciativ">(ro)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/peiorativ#Romanian" title="peiorativ">peiorativ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/peiorativ" class="extiw" title="ro:peiorativ">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9#Russian" title="уничижительный">уничижи́тельный</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:уничижительный">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">uničižítelʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9#Russian" title="пренебрежительный">пренебрежи́тельный</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:пренебрежительный">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">prenebrežítelʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9#Russian" title="презрительный">презри́тельный</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:презрительный">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">prezrítelʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=uberaj%C3%BAci_na_hodnote&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="uberajúci na hodnote (page does not exist)">uberajúci na hodnote</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pejorat%C3%ADvny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pejoratívny (page does not exist)">pejoratívny</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/pejorat%C3%ADvny" class="extiw" title="sk:pejoratívny">(sk)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=zneva%C5%BEuj%C3%BAci&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="znevažujúci (page does not exist)">znevažujúci</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/peyorativo#Spanish" title="peyorativo">peyorativo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/peyorativo" class="extiw" title="es:peyorativo">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/despectivo#Spanish" title="despectivo">despectivo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/despectivo" class="extiw" title="es:despectivo">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/despreciativo#Spanish" title="despreciativo">despreciativo</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/denigrante#Spanish" title="denigrante">denigrante</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/w/index.php?title=menospreciativo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="menospreciativo (page does not exist)">menospreciativo</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/neds%C3%A4ttande#Swedish" title="nedsättande">nedsättande</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/neds%C3%A4ttande" class="extiw" title="sv:nedsättande">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=a%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1lay%C4%B1c%C4%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="aşağılayıcı (page does not exist)">aşağılayıcı</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/a%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1lay%C4%B1c%C4%B1" class="extiw" title="tr:aşağılayıcı">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=k%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCmseyici&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="küçümseyici (page does not exist)">küçümseyici</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCmseyici" class="extiw" title="tr:küçümseyici">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/pejoratif#Turkish" title="pejoratif">pejoratif</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/pejoratif" class="extiw" title="tr:pejoratif">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/dirmygus#Welsh" title="dirmygus">dirmygus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/dirmygus" class="extiw" title="cy:dirmygus">(cy)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-legal_clause"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">legal clause</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" 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href="/w/index.php?title=derogatorinen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="derogatorinen (page does not exist)">derogatorinen</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogativ&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="derogativ (page does not exist)">derogativ</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/derogatorisch#German" title="derogatorisch">derogatorisch</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/derogatorisch" class="extiw" title="de:derogatorisch">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CF%85%CE%B2%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82#Greek" title="υβριστικός">υβριστικός</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%85%CE%B2%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:υβριστικός">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">yvristikós</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/derrogat%C3%B3rio#Portuguese" title="derrogatório">derrogatório</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/derogatorio#Spanish" title="derogatorio">derogatorio</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/derogatorio" class="extiw" title="es:derogatorio">(es)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd><i>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations</a>.</i></dd></dl> </div> <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Translations to be checked</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Translations to be checked"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Italian: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/dispregiativo#Italian" title="dispregiativo">dispregiativo</a></span></span>, <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/peggiorativo#Italian" title="peggiorativo">peggiorativo</a></span></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2#Macedonian" title="навредлив">навредлив</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">navredliv</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span>, <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B8#Macedonian" title="омаловажувачки">омаловажувачки</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">omalovažuvački</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></li> <li>Mandarin: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%B4%AC%E4%B9%89#Mandarin" title="贬义">贬义</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%B4%AC%E4%B9%89" class="extiw" title="zh:贬义">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">biǎnyì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span>, <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%B4%AC%E6%8D%9F#Mandarin" title="贬损">贬损</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%B4%AC%E6%8D%9F" class="extiw" title="zh:贬损">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">biǎnsǔn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogatory&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">derogatory</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/derogatories#English" title="derogatories">derogatories</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/business" title="business">business</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/finance#Noun" title="finance">finance</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/tradeline" title="tradeline">tradeline</a> on a <a href="/wiki/credit_report" title="credit report">credit report</a> that <a href="/wiki/indicate" title="indicate">indicates</a> <a href="/wiki/negative" title="negative">negative</a> <a href="/wiki/credit_history" title="credit history">credit history</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogatory&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/derogate#English" title="derogate">derogate</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/derogation#English" title="derogation">derogation</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=derogatory&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.onelook.com/?w=derogatory&ls=a">derogatory</a>”, in <cite>OneLook Dictionary Search</cite>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Derogatory">derogatory</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1913</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://triggs.djvu.org/century-dictionary.com/nph-chw.php?query=derogatory&type=dicts">derogatory</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Century Dictionary">The Century Dictionary<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World; a Work of General Reference in All Departments of Knowledge in Twelve Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The Century Company">The Century Co.</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1911</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=derogatory&oldid=82670061">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=derogatory&oldid=82670061</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_borrowed_from_Late_Latin" title="Category:English terms borrowed from Late Latin">English terms borrowed from 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