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Six example sentences with pejorative, each labelled with its topic.
Calling a novel sentimental was once neutral, but the word turned pejorative and reviewers now use it to wound.
Literature
The candidate's supporters adopted the pejorative nickname and printed it on caps, draining the insult of its sting.
Politics
Older textbooks describe the period in pejorative language, calling the whole century dark because few manuscripts survived.
History
Clinicians avoid pejorative labels in notes, since a word like lazy shapes how the next doctor reads the chart.
Psychology
The genre name began as a pejorative joke from a critic, and the bands then wore it proudly.
Music
Impressionist started as a pejorative label from a reviewer, and the painters adopted it for their next show.
Art
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