derogativity

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noun

The quality or state of being derogative; derogatoriness.

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Meanings

nounderogativity (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablehuman sciencesThe quality or state of being derogative; derogatoriness.

    Hate speech is characterized not only by such socially marked components as derogativity and contradictoriness but also by formal explicators of stereotypicality and rigidity [Kinney 2008].

    2025 June, E. A. Avdeev, S. M. Vorob’ev, B. A. Shishkin, “The Provocative Potential of Glocal Online Media Discourse as a Space for Modifying Social Values”, in Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, volume 95, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, page 353
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    Even the diachronic allology between the English loanwords chess and checkers (both derived ultimately from Persian shāh ‘king’), where the borrowed [h] becomes an apical obstruent in one case but a velar obstruent in the other, may further strengthen the hypothesis of labio-velar derogativity.

    1971 Spring–Summer, Roger W. Wescott, “Labio-Velarity and Derogation in English: A Study in Phonosemic Correlation”, in American Speech, volume 46, numbers 1–2, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 136

    Several kinds of syntactically repetitive constructions are also recognized: […] 5) repetition of a phrase with the connotation of derogativity and not fulfilling interlocutor’s expectations (Vrati mi novac, vrati mi novac... ’Return me the money, return me the money...’), […]

    Repetition and reduplication in Croatian

    2007, Ivan Marković, “Repeticija i reduplikacija u hrvatskome [Repetition and reduplication in Croatian]”, in Suvremena lingvistika, volume 64, number 2, page 157
  2. uncountableSpeech, expression, or behavior that is derogatory or belittling.

Origin

From derogative + -ity.

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Translations

French caractère dérogatoire
  • caractère dérogatoirequality or state of being derogative
Spanish derogatividad
  • derogatividadquality or state of being derogative
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