How to pronounce “despective”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon.
• [Noun]
• (linguistics) A disparaging/derogatory word or form of a word; a word or form indicative of the speaker's tendency to look down on the referent.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

respective, depictive, inspective, expective, despect, dissecting, irrespective, depicting, detective, defective, directive, dispositive, despiting, dissipative, perspective, prospective, suspecting