derogatory
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[edit] Etymology
From Late Latin dērogātōrius, from Latin dērogāre; corresponding to derogate + -ory.
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derogatory (comparative more derogatory, superlative most derogatory)
- (usually with to) Tending to derogate, or lessen in value of someone; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious.
- (Can we date this quote?) Blackstone.
- Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not.
- (Can we date this quote?) Macaulay.
- His language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their other.
- (Can we date this quote?) Blackstone.
- (law) When referring to a clause in a testament: a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; – a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion.
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In common language, particularly used in the phrase “derogatory term”, equivalent to less common pejorative, and in “derogatory statements”, equivalent to more casual offensive.
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tending to lessen in value
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[edit] Noun
derogatory (plural derogatories)
- A trade-line on a credit report that includes negative credit history.
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[edit] External links
- derogatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- derogatory in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
