Sentence examples for pejorative language from inspiring English sources

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Using pejorative language, he added, "We have our own little dark people".

Nusra Front videos and postings online often use pejorative language to refer to Syria's Alawite sect, the offshoot of Shiite Islam to which President Bashar al-Assad belongs.

He was indeed a 'sodomite' (in the ugly, pejorative language of the time), and pretending to be otherwise to defeat his enemy was bound to end in failure.

The government is increasingly using value-laden and pejorative language when discussing benefits and welfare, a Guardian analysis has found, something poverty charities warn is likely to increase the stigmatisation of poor people.

The recent Bad News for Disabled People: how newspapers are reporting disability (pdf) report found a significant increase in the use of pejorative language to describe disabled people with terms such as "scrounger", "cheat" and "skiver".

What is even more astonishing is the dismissive attitude and pejorative language used in dealing with anyone FORBES or Ashford doesn't agree with.

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"Did they teach you at nursing school to refer to them in derogatory, pejorative, insulting language, ma'am?" Mr. Hafetz asked.

"In every language and culture, research has found there are really pejorative words for people who get and don't give back.

In the Moir case, the commission took the view that "it was not possible to identify any direct uses of pejorative or prejudicial language in the article".

"While many complainants considered that there was an underlying tone of negativity towards Mr Gately and the complainant on account of the fact that they were gay, it was not possible to identify any direct uses of pejorative or prejudicial language in the article," it said.

The authorities said the graffiti at the Surrogate's Court, 2 Johnson Street, contained pejorative and racially charged language.

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