(a.) Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable.
Example Sentences:
(1) The concept of "polypharmacy", a pejorative and meaningless term, nevertheless gave rise to useful surveys on combined drug use, to methods of monitoring and controlling multiple drug use, and to a small number of studies which imply that a few psychoactive drug-drug combinations are rational.
(2) The radiological analysis of femoro-tibial compartments in comparison with the non operative side showed a clear pejorative difference in one case, moderate in 5 without incriminating the morphological type.
(3) That is a pejorative accusation, that’s not the phrase that I would use to describe what I read about this week,” Kaine said.
(4) At the beginning, David Cameron spoke respectfully of "President Mubarak" and the "Egyptian government"; by this weekend, the prime minister is using the much more pejorative "regime" to describe the crumbling autocracy.
(5) Sudden, unpredictable mood swings are common and there is a greater tendency for their physicians to diagnose personality disorders, often in pejorative terms.
(6) Three factors were found to be statistically significant: adjuvant hormonotherapy, loco-regional metastases, adjuvant adriamycin containing regimen (pejorative prognostic factor).
(7) He also memorably attacked Obama for investing $90bn on "green energy" – a phrase delivered as a pejorative.
(8) Lymph node involvement appeared to be the most pejorative factor (p < or = 10(-5)).
(9) He said the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday had also signed up to the editors' code of practice, which states that pejorative references to someone's sexuality must be avoided.
(10) Steven Hughes says that Talking Man is Steve Wilson: "And I wish he'd stop Lawrenson using 'sad', as a pejorative term, when 'Lawro' talks about all the ephemera that surrounds football - like statistics and such.
(11) (You need to know that "dog" is pejorative slang in America for an ill-favoured woman).
(12) A multifactorial analysis enabled us to quantify the pejorative impact on fertility of each of the factors which significantly affect the fertility results.
(13) Jeremy Clarkson , put on final warning by the BBC earlier this year, deliberately used a pejorative racial term to refer to an Asian man on BBC2’s Top Gear, causing offence without justification and breaching broadcasting rules.
(14) As far as irreducible tinnitus are concerned, as anxiety is the most pejorative parameter, not discouraging the patient is very important.
(15) The description of east Jerusalem as ‘occupied east Jerusalem’ is a term freighted with pejorative implications, which is neither appropriate nor useful,” Brandis told the Senate estimates hearing.
(16) Society's negative and pejorative attitude toward the disabled is discussed to explain the psychological trauma associated with any first or second disability.
(17) Lebanese band the Great Departed use oudh music and untranslatable cultural references to target Isis – “Daesh” in the pejorative Arabic term – to side-splitting laughter in Beirut nightclubs.
(18) "However, the court did not appreciate that when national newspapers make repeated irrelevant references to my sexuality – particularly in the context of pejorative and stereotypical reference to appearance – it amounts to the same kind of mocking which the court has confirmed is unacceptable.
(19) According to pastor Joy, among themselves party members often use the pejorative expression yang jiao to designate Christianity.
(20) It makes the point that the term "hung parliament" is pejorative, even though many would argue that there is a lot to be said for no one party having an overall majority.
Scullion
Definition:
(n.) A scalion.
(n.) A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aboriginal people who live in the north-west and other parts of the state are deserved of your allocation, your allocation of the financial assistance grants, because we give it to West Australia to do that,” Scullion said.
(2) The Indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, has said the remote scheme will require people to work five days a week, 12 months a year to get the dole, compared with the six months the government will require of benefit recipients in urban and regional areas.
(3) Scullion said criticism of the comment by Indigenous leaders including Pat Dodson, Noel Pearson and the chairman of Abbott’s Indigenous advisory council, Warren Mundine, followed a “new convention” of “word-annoying”.
(4) The ABC reported Scullion believes the Territory government could allow crocodile safaris under its own management plan once an agreement between it and the commonwealth on one-stop shop environmental approvals was settled.
(5) The Indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, has admitted he was briefed on media reports about use of teargas at the Don Dale youth detention facility, despite previously saying he had not known about it.
(6) On the issue of growing tensions in the Liberal party about Indigenous recognition , Scullion said Western Australian Liberals pushing a motion opposing it were entitled to their view.
(7) Scullion said they are challenging, very challenging, there’s a lot of work involved,” he said.
(8) The advice to me was the Northern Territory government need[ed] to seriously consider the findings of the children’s commissioner, to do everything it can to reduce the number of children in detention.” Scullion said he was not briefed about the full content of the children’s commissioner’s report, including its findings on use of force and that children were deemed “at risk”, nor about the Giles government amendments to the Youth Justice Act widening use of mechanical restraints .
(9) Many of these groups provide essential services that are integral to stopping disadvantage within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, they do not deserve to be left in the lurch.” Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion announced the first $860m round of funding earlier this month.
(10) Wong criticised the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) grants announced by the Indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, last week.
(11) Scullion later said it was “some of the most disturbing footage” he had ever seen and the behaviour of individual officers shown on Four Corners was “evil” and unabashed.
(12) Mr Abbott is taking away services and jobs … people need to live in their communities, on their country, with dignity Nova Peris Scullion last week dismissed suggestions that frontline services had been cut.
(13) But as I move around the communities that doesn’t seem to be the case, they’re not understanding that.” Last week Scullion visited WA’s Kimberley region, where 80% of the state’s remote Aboriginal communities are located.
(14) Scullion travelled to WA last week to meet Collier on another issue .
(15) Any minister that doesn’t listen to their constituency, doesn’t stand up for the portfolio they’re representing should really consider their position.” Activists gather at Don Dale detention centre to demand boys' release Read more Calma said it was a “relatively common” view among Indigenous leaders that Scullion had lost their confidence.
(16) Scullion also said he would push for the service, which was a recommendation made by the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, to be rolled out in other jurisdictions.
(17) Scullion said Indigenous Australians were conducting the most comprehensive consultation since federation on constitutional recognition.
(18) We’ll wave them in front of people out of context and we’ll say, ‘how do you feel about that?’” Scullion said that rather than focusing on Abbott’s comments, the chief message from Aboriginal people living in remote communities was that they needed to be involved in decisions about their future.
(19) In that period of time effectively there will be not a lot of changes to services in that time, that’s as I understand it,” Scullion said.
(20) Asked about whether the government would consider a treaty, Scullion said “of course” the government should engage with Indigenous Australians if they suggested one as part of the recognition process.