Definition of DESPECTIVE

despective

Meanings

Plural: despectives

Adj

  • Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon.

Noun

  • A disparaging/derogatory word or form of a word; a word or form indicative of the speaker's tendency to look down on the referent.

Origin / Etymology

From despect + -ive.

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