Adj.
1. Tending to make or become worse.
2. Disparaging; belittling.
n.
A disparaging or belittling word or expression.
pe·jor
a·tive·ly adv.
a·tive·ly adv.The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The term Judeo-Christian was pejorative in those days, especially when used as an adjective. Judeo Christian Morality, for instance, was invariably rejected as repressive, constrating and guilt inducing. Comte-Sponville, Andre (The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality) 32.
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