derogatory reference

collocation in English

meaningsofderogatoryandreference

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derogatory
adjective
uk
/dɪˈrɒɡ.ə.tər.i/us
/dɪˈrɑː.ɡə.tɔːr.i/
showing strong disapproval and not ...
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reference
noun
uk
/ˈref.ər.əns/us
/ˈref.ɚ.əns/
a mention ...
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(Definition ofderogatoryandreferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofderogatory reference

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I should like to draw attention to hisderogatoryreferenceto the total of investments in this country.
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He did so with a somewhatderogatoryreferenceto the provision for education in the nineteenth century.
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Thederogatoryreferenceto it as catnip was interesting.
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He did not make anyderogatoryreference.
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I am not making anyderogatoryreference.
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The term is often used as a joking, ironic, or sometimesderogatoryreferenceto the strategy of pursuing the greatest quantity of publications at the expense of their quality.
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They can contain derogatory references sometimes not only to the child but to the child's parents as well.
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There were derogatory references to her keenness on the prices and incomes policy and so on.
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I deprecate the fact that on every conceivable opportunity fun is poked and derogatory references are made to civil servants themselves and to their methods of appointment.
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Hucknall has commented that derogatory references to his red hair are a form of bigotry.
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