Words similar to derogatory
Example sentences for: derogatory
How can you use “derogatory” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
breadfruit-swopper (derogatory and offensive) a person so poor that he or she has nothing to offer in exchange for any item but a home-grown breadfruit (which nearly everybody already has).
Which is why I was so impressed by Three Kings . It spins the race issue from all angles--all the stuff about what derogatory term is proper for an Arab, co-signed by Ice Cube, until he glimpses the Rodney King beating on a TV inside the bunker.
The cause for derogatory stereotyping of Mexicans, and other Latin Americans, is difficult to understand, and the negative stereotype seems to have no historical basis, until one understands the history of the Black Legend.
For example, in working on the etymology for ofay , a derogatory term for a white person used by urban black speakers, I discovered three possible etymologies--all problematic.
Nevertheless, in some Chinese novels and films and in some spoken Chinese, we can hear yang guizi , foreign devil, a derogatory term referring to a foreigner, especially from western countries, like Professor Charlie Blinderman, who was kind enough to type this article.