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Invidious vs Pejorative - What's the difference?

invidious | pejorative |

As adjectives the difference between invidious and pejorative

is that invidious is offensively or unfairly discriminating while pejorative is disparaging, belittling or derogatory.

As a noun pejorative is

a disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

invidious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a distinction) offensively or unfairly discriminating
    • The professor made invidious distinctions based only on his own whim.
  • (of an action or task) causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense.
  • (of a thing) causing envy or ill will towards the possessor
  • envious, jealous
  • (obsolete) Hateful; odious; detestable

    • Related terms

    * invidiously * invidiousness

    References

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    pejorative

    English

    (wikipedia pejorative)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.

    • Synonyms

    * derogatory * dyslogistic

    Antonyms

    * approbative * eulogistic * meliorative

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

    • Synonyms

    * dyslogism * dysphemism

    Antonyms

    * eulogism

    See also

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    References

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