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What does pejoratively mean?

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Adverb
  1. In a pejorative manner. Insultingly, disparagingly. Used in a manner to belittle or harm the reputation of another.
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The terms tourism and tourist are sometimes used pejoratively, to imply a shallow interest in the cultures or locations visited.
An example of a largely nomadic ethnic group in Europe is the Roma, pejoratively known as Gypsies.
Some interioranos grade imperceptibly into an acculturated native American population known pejoratively as cholos, who refer to themselves as naturales.
In a rare reference teams are mentioned pejoratively for their potential contribution to a culture of silence and resistance through norms of loyalty.
The name is also used pejoratively for someone who, out of shame or opportunism, makes himself the mouthpiece of a person of authority and betrays his origins.
This ensured the continuance of the blackface minstrelsy type into the new century as surely as it brought to an end the pejoratively associated whiteface type.

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