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casuistry
casuistry [Lat., casus =case], art of applying general moral law to particular cases. Although most often associated with theology (it has been utilized since the inception of Christianity), it is also used in law and psychology. The function of casuistry is to analyze motives so individual judgme... Read more
dole
dole distribution to the poor, usually of food or money. In medieval times doles were usually from bequests of money or land, and the income was given to charity or distributed to the local poor at funerals. John Leake in 1792 left £1,000 to Trinity Church, New York City, the income of wh... Read more
dole
dole distribution to the poor, usually of food or money. In medieval times doles were usually from bequests of money or land, and the income was given to charity or distributed to the local poor at funerals. John Leake in 1792 left £1,000 to Trinity Church, New York City, the income of wh... Read more
Benjamin McLane Spock
Benjamin McLane Spock 1903-98, American author and pediatrician, b. New Haven, Conn., educ. Yale (B.A., 1925) and Columbia Univ. College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., 1929). In 1946, Dr. Spock published The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (later Baby and Child Care ), offering paren... Read more
Baal
Baal , plural Baalim [Semitic,=master, lord], name used throughout the Bible for the chief deity or for deities of Canaan. The term was originally an epithet applied to the storm god Hadad. Technically, Baal was subordinate to El. Baal is attested in the Ebla texts (first half of 2d millennium B... Read more
Sephardim
Sephardim , one of the two major geographic divisions of the Jewish people, consisting of those Jews whose forebears in the Middle Ages resided in the Iberian Peninsula, as distinguished from those who lived in Germanic lands, who came to be known as the Ashkenazim (see Ashkenaz ). The name comes f... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Pejorative"

PEJORATIVE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language PEJORATIVE [Stress: ‘pe-JAW-ra...talked or written about: illiterate is pejorative when used to describe people who can...an illiterate scrawl! ); Dago , a pejorative nickname that distances and devalues...
Canelos Quichua
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Canelos Quichua ETHNONYMS: Alama (pejorative), Canelo, Canelos, Pastaza Quichua...Yumbo (incorrect, misleading, and pejorative) Orientation Identification. The name...reference to Canelos Quichua people is pejorative. Location. The Canelos Quichua occupy...
Ideology
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...that time, the term ideology has never entirely escaped the pejorative connotations that Napoleon imposed upon it. Karl Marx and...polemical manuscript entitled The German Ideology in which this pejorative sense predominated. Although it was to be the better part...
Kmhmu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Kmhmu', Lao Theung; also Kha, Kha Che, Xa Cau, which are pejorative Orientation Identification. The Kmhmu are the indigenous...means "person, human"; they were formerly known by the pejorative term "Kha" or "Xa" (from Tai languages), meaning...
Levantine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...of those to whom the term applied. He further included a pejorative nuance that had recently been attached to the term: "Levantines...strong waters to Muslims in most cities of Western Asia." The pejorative implication gained ground. An impressive publication that...
Economic Rhetoric
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...aspect of rhetoric, thus helping to give the concept the pejorative meaning of “ mere rhetoric, ” Aristotle...discourse works to influence its intended readers. Still, the pejorative and dismissive meaning of rhetoric as empty speech persists...
idols
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...x2014; image. Throughout the Hebrew Bible, idol is given a pejorative meaning as it is used to describe non-Israelite or non...that God is uncreated, immaterial, and disembodied. The pejorative connotations of the term ‘idol’ were...
Afro-Hispanic Pacific Lowlanders of Ecuador and Colombia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Afro-Ecuatorianos/Afro-Colombianos (intellectual, pejorative colloquially), Coste ñ os, Gente Morena, Gente...the San Juan), Morenos, Mulatos, Negros (intellectual, pejorative colloquially), Zambos (Ecuador; historically important...
Cults
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...modern “ saints. ” Around 1900, this pejorative use influenced anthropologists to use cult to refer to ancient...the political agenda of evil others. Contributing to such pejorative images is the faux-etymology of cult as derived from occult...
Militarism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...democracy. Militarism, then, from the start has been a pejorative term. Twentieth-century Germany and Japan are oft-cited...x2014; these wars to militarism, the term is not just a pejorative, it is a pathology. For those averse to war on principle...

Dictionary entries related to "Pejorative"

pejorative
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...rātiv / • adj. expressing contempt or disapproval: permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term. • n. a word expressing contempt or disapproval. DERIVATIVES: pe·jo·ra·tive...
Propaganda
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...Since the twentieth century, propaganda has largely had pejorative associations. The term continues to imply something sinister...to be a useful concept, it first has to be divested of its pejorative connotations. The ancient Greeks regarded persuasion as a...
Historicism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...used in philosophical polemics, and again the usage seems pejorative since it was opposed to academic philosophy and, especially...later nineteenth century historicism had acquired a largely pejorative meaning because of its associations with relativism and the...
political
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...1990s, use of the term political correctness was nearly always pejorative, while the labels politically incorrect and political incorrectness...described was bravely formulated. The abbreviation PC is nearly always pejorative or ironic.
Prejudice
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...and that they are unjust attitudes. The problem with this pejorative concept of prejudice is that no evidence has ever shown that...justified' or "unjustified." This problem with prejudice as a pejorative concept might be one reason why the term "prejudice" has...
Heterosexuality
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...xE1; ria Kertbeny, who wished to reform prevailing sodomy laws in Prussia; in 1868 he coined the term to avoid the pejorative "pederast." First used in a letter, it gained some currency and in 1880 its binary opposite — "heterosexuality...
Superstition
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...lunar eclipse. The word superstition itself originates with the ancient Romans, who used the term superstitio mainly as a pejorative for those religions and religious practices they found barbarous, including Judaism and Christianity. Superstition was the...
Individualism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...1820 in French, and then quickly spread to the other European languages. In its origins, the term's connotations were pejorative: Joseph de Maistre (1753 – 1821) equated "individualism" with the "infinite fragmentation of all doctrines...
Puritans and Puritanism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Among some members of the literary avant garde in the early twentieth century, puritanism (uncapitalized) emerged as a pejorative term, a synonym for moral intolerance, prudery, and sexual priggishness. In the United States the word Puritanism (capitalized...
race
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...by Hellenists in Jerusalem (2 Macc. 4: 7–12). However, the metaphor of racing is used by Paul without any pejorative sense (1 Cor. 9: 25; Phil. 1: 30) and no doubt he had often been a spectator. It was a form of intense striving and...

Thesaurus entries related to "Pejorative"

pejorative
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English pejorative • adjective  pejorative remarks synonyms : derogatory, disparaging, deprecatory, slighting. antonyms: complimentary; laudatory; approbatory.
rhetoric
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Principles of Rhetoric ; 1902.) But the slippage toward the pejorative sense 5 began early. In “Some Fruits of Solitude...word is essentially ambiguous today—generally pejorative but with flashes of a favorable sense: “The word...
personal
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...direct, empirical, firsthand, immediate, experiential.   6. personal remarks synonyms : derogatory, ad hominem; disparaging, belittling, insulting, critical, rude, slighting, disrespectful, offensive, pejorative.
opprobrious
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...embarrassed by his father's opprobrious remarks synonyms : abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging, denigratory, pejorative, deprecatory, insulting, offensive, defamatory, vitriolic, libelous, venomous; scornful, contemptuous, derisive...
insulting
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : abusive, rude, offensive, disparaging, belittling, derogatory, deprecatory, disrespectful, uncomplimentary, pejorative; disdainful, derisive, scornful, contemptuous; defamatory, slanderous, libelous, scurrilous, blasphemous; informal...
derogatory
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0;a derogatory remark synonyms : disparaging, denigratory, deprecatory, disrespectful, demeaning; critical, pejorative, negative, unfavorable, uncomplimentary, unflattering, insulting; offensive, personal, abusive, rude, nasty, mean...
abusive
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...offensive, disparaging, belittling, derogatory, opprobrious, disrespectful, denigratory, uncomplimentary, censorious, pejorative, vituperative; defamatory, slanderous, libelous, scurrilous, blasphemous; informal bitchy; archaic contumelious.
slanderous
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus slanderous • adjective  slanderous accusations synonyms : defamatory, denigratory, disparaging, libelous, pejorative, false, misrepresentative, scurrilous, scandalous, malicious, abusive, insulting; informal mudslinging. antonym: complimentary.
slighting
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...remark from you and I'm walking out that door synonyms : insulting, disparaging, derogatory, disrespectful, denigratory, pejorative, abusive, offensive, defamatory, slanderous, scurrilous; disdainful, scornful, contemptuous; archaic contumelious...

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The use of pejorative terms to describe patients: "dirtball" revisited.(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; Background: The use of pejorative terms for patients is well documented...respondents recording having heard no pejorative terms. The reported number of different...to 50% considered it harmful. Pejorative terms were used most frequently...
Pirate pejorative - Is it good to be swarthy?
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/3/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...varied as are his needs." Though the context makes those uses pejorative, there could be another influence, McKean notes: "The...I'll go out on a plank, though, and predict that the pejorative swarthy is not gaining speed, despite a temporary revival...
Metaphors and the pejorative framing of marginalized groups: implications for social work education.(Essay)
Magazine article from: Journal of Social Work Education; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...the purpose of denigrating a group or supporting entrenched pejorative stereotypes. The disquiet or even anger that social workers...profession must be taught to identify, analyze, and counter these pejorative metaphor themes (Lens, 2005; O'Brien, 2003b). Metaphors...
Downlow mountain? De/stigmatizing bisexuality through pitying and pejorative discourses in media.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Men's Studies; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...black bisexual men would likely have received the same kind of pejorative treatment that black bisexuals themselves received in most...in the closet, a set of discussions that had none of the pejorative tone that followed society's introduction to black bisexuality...
Battle Over Word `Jew' Eases; Oxford Dictionary Softens Pejorative Definition
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/7/1989; 666 words ; ...Richardson said he wished the dictionary simply would drop all the pejorative definitions. Tulloch wrote that dictionaries had to record...which it exists." Other British dictionaries also include pejorative definitions of "Jew." Chambers 20th Century Dictionary...
Analysis: Source magazine exposes a song Eminem did years ago where he states pejorative views of black women and African-Americans in general
Transcript from: Tavis Smiley (NPR); 11/20/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...magazine exposes a song Eminem did years ago where he states pejorative views of black women and African-Americans in generalHost...allegedly racist song performed by the rapper in which he makes pejorative statements about black women and African-Americans in general...
`Pejorative' terms offend
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 8/6/2008; 284 words ; ...disabled child", "the disabled" and "disabled children" do not belong in the 21st century. They are inaccurate, pejorative, and perpetuate exclusive attitudes. All children have learning challenges which differ in degree only. Some require more...
Feminist is not a pejorative word: Steinem
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 11/11/2005; 517 words ; Cleveland Jewish News 11-11-2005 Some young women today say "feminist" like it?s a pejorative term. Gloria Steinem doesn?t buy it. Studies showing college-educated women want to stay home with kids are "total bull...
COLUMN: The politics of pejorative in the stem cell debate
News Wire article from: University Wire; 7/28/2006; ; 649 words ; ...those quarters claim to have the intellectually superior position on the issue, they only seem to be practicing politics by pejorative. Instead of attempting to deal intellectually with the issue, they deceive. First, Bush's veto does nothing, absolutely...
Shrek 2 Temporarily Banned Until Pejorative Remark is Removed.
Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx; 7/13/2004; 364 words ; ...in Israel until a reference to singer David Da'or was removed from the translation. Da'or's name was mentioned in a pejorative context, he claimed. Da'or, a singer known for his high-pitched voice, submitted his request Sunday for an injunction...