Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a detracting manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a derogatory manner; disparagingly.

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  • adverb In a derogatory manner.

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Examples

  • However, these same African Americans conveniently overlook the paradoxical circumstances when they also use the word derogatorily in a fit of rage; at these moments, the true sub-conscious understanding and definition of the word rises to the surface, with all of its hate, degradation, and disrespect attached in full blossom.

    Black America Under Siege: Without and Within 2008

  • Come on Lefties where’s the outrage of treatment of non-Muslims who are called derogatorily Dhimmis in Islamic countries?

    Think Progress » “Let’s have a Muslim-only line” 2006

  • The Institute on Religion and Public Policy recommended that the Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs decline to implement the recommendations in the Report as many of them contravene fundamental rights and would initiate oppressive measures targeting all the faiths derogatorily designated as "cults" or "sects."

    Joseph K. Grieboski: Israeli Ministry Targeting So-Called 'Sects' and 'Cults' Joseph K. Grieboski 2011

  • Also, thank you for looking derogatorily and shaking your head at the person who arrived a little while ago with a Subway sandwich which she promptly started eating at her seat.

    Cara Joy David: That Thing in Your Pants Cara Joy David 2010

  • The Report derogatorily grouped together as so-called "cults" or "sects" approximately 80 belief systems and contains a blueprint for systematic, government-fueled intolerance directed at minority religious communities throughout Israel.

    Joseph K. Grieboski: Israeli Ministry Targeting So-Called 'Sects' and 'Cults' Joseph K. Grieboski 2011

  • The Institute on Religion and Public Policy recommended that the Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs decline to implement the recommendations in the Report as many of them contravene fundamental rights and would initiate oppressive measures targeting all the faiths derogatorily designated as "cults" or "sects."

    Joseph K. Grieboski: Israeli Ministry Targeting So-Called 'Sects' and 'Cults' Joseph K. Grieboski 2011

  • Also, thank you for looking derogatorily and shaking your head at the person who arrived a little while ago with a Subway sandwich which she promptly started eating at her seat.

    Cara Joy David: That Thing in Your Pants Cara Joy David 2010

  • Because the aliens resemble large, walking crustaceans with their leggy, striated bodies and long feelers, people began to refer to them derogatorily as "prawns."

    Heart-pumping, alien-laden 'District 9' is sci-fi at its finest 2009

  • Also, thank you for looking derogatorily and shaking your head at the person who arrived a little while ago with a Subway sandwich which she promptly started eating at her seat.

    Cara Joy David: That Thing in Your Pants Cara Joy David 2010

  • Her husband, who had served as investment and environment minister and was derogatorily referred to by opponents as, "Mr. 10%", was taken to prison.

    Marcia G. Yerman: "Bhutto" - A Woman and Her Country Marcia G. Yerman 2011

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