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derogatory

[dih-rog-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / dɪˈrɒg əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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Derogatory WhatsApp messages between Scotland's first minister and its national clinical director have been published by the UK Covid Inquiry.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

"Derogatory comments are the main ones that come up," she says.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland established the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force in November to remove and replace such terms across federal lands.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2022

The order also established a Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force, which took in more than 1,000 public recommendations for new names and several hundred from almost 70 tribal governments.

From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Derogatory term for those who would impose their                 standards on other users of the Net.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation




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