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‘He has made derogative remarks, made players uncomfortable playing for him, and is not leading the team in the right direction.’
‘How can you describe him in such derogative terms with no experience of his personality or behaviour?’
‘Jonny replies, ‘I don't see it as derogative - it is of course reductive and simplistic but it sells a serious number of books that otherwise wouldn't be sold.’
‘Don't be stupid, boy,’ she said in the most derogative voice possible.’
‘The expression used to be derogative, especially during ‘cultural revolution’ but nowadays, if you say someone is ‘petty bourgeois’, he will probably take it as a compliment.’