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pejorative

indicates a word or sense that conveys a negative, disparaging, or contemptuous evaluation of its referent
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Summary

pejorative is an usage[1]. pejorative ranks in the top 6% of usage entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,544 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Jarrett Melendez[3]
  • Instance of: register[4], type of word or phrase[5]
  • Illustrator: Q140089280[6]
  • Subclass of: term[7], meaning[8]
  • Commons category: Pejoratives[9]
  • Opposite of: ameliorative[10], approbative[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pejorative terms[12]
  • Partially coincident with: slur[13], pejorative term[14], name calling[15]
  • Short name: pej.[16]
  • Different from: profanity[17], pejorative term[18], dysphemism[19]
  • P14541: 3Xcd76[20]

Why It Matters

pejorative has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] pejorative is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 5933, 3380
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', '
    Wikidata description → indicates a word or sense that conveys a negative, disparaging, or contemptuous
    Sitelink count → 44
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 3380, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7328617|PejorativeEvaluative (#7328617)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3Xcd76
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Illustrator → Q140089280
    Svkkl authority id → 0333269-pejorativa
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0333269-pejorativa, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 18w ago · Shisma · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → —
    Author → Jarrett Melendez
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Author: Jarrett Melendez"
  5. 18w ago · Shisma · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Fandom article id: memory-alpha:Stargazers:_A_Star_Trek_Story"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → ameliorative, approbative
    Partially coincident with → slur, pejorative term, name calling
    Instance of → usage, register, type of word or phrase
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007532050405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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