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• Barry Jones once said that Australia is the only country where the word 'academic' is a pejorative. The academic sector… — Gustav Nossal
• It is deeply pejorative to call someone a 'climate change denier.' This is because it is a phrase designedly reminiscent… — Unknown Author
• Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere. — Simon Kuper
• Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and… — Neil Peart
• At one point, 'feminist' became a pejorative term. How did that happen? If you're a feminist, you're basically saying you're… — Julianne Moore
• Knowledge without know-how is sterile. We use the word academic in a pejorative sense to identify this limitation. — Myron Tribus
• I have a very, very secret drive to become a dilettante, without the pejorative overtones or the obligation to produce… — Peter Greenaway
• When did "sentimental" become a pejorative barb? I do not at all share the notion that a piece of music,… — Bill Richardson
• Gayness is built into Batman. I'm not using gay in the pejorative sense, but Batman is very, very gay. There's… — Grant Morrison
• Classification is now a pejorative statement. You know, these classifiers look like "dumb fools." I'm a classifier. But I'd like… — William Wilson Morgan
• A current pejorative adjective is narcissistic. Generally, a narcissist is anyone better looking than you are, but lately the adective… — Gore Vidal
• Just like every show has a tone, every show has different people on it playing different games. I don't say… — David Duchovny

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