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Results tagged with pejorative-language
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This tag is for questions about pejorative language. Pejorative language is any language that portrays someone or something in a negative light, no matter whether it is intended to be disparaging and derogatory, contemptuous or disapproving, belittling or offensive, or even abusive. It’s anything that makes someone or something look bad.
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People not admitting when things are going bad
As mentioned already "obstinate" and "in denial" for sure, but it could also be that they are being "wilfully ignorant" or "blissfully ignorant".
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What is an adjective referring to “someone who puts people down”?
I've found another option:
cavil
"raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily"
adjective form: "cavilling"
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What is an adjective referring to “someone who puts people down”?
I was just thinking about someone I went to school with who had a penchant for putting people down, and I was trying to think of a word that describes this, but couldn’t find it. It would be a synonym …
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