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Lists of pejorative terms for people include: List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with ...
When a term begins as pejorative and eventually is adopted in a non-pejorative sense, this is called melioration or amelioration. One example is the shift in meaning of the word nice from meaning a person was foolish to meaning that a person is pleasant. [6] When performed deliberately, it is described as reclamation or reappropriation. [7]
Pejorative terms for people (7 C, 147 P) Pejorative terms related to technology (14 P) Political pejoratives (3 C, 76 P) R. Religious fanaticism (4 C, 15 P)
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This category is for derogatory terms for strangers and foreigners. It includes all kinds of derogatory terms for people who are considered foreign or outsiders to the group using the term. Pages in category "Pejorative terms for strangers and foreigners"
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Oldster: [32] An offensive term that gained strong pejorative status during the COVID-19 pandemic; used to describe senior citizens affected by the pandemic. Old white man/men: A derogatory term for older white men usually in reference to that demographic's perceived disproportionate political power and higher rate of conservative belief. [33 ...