derogation

Noun
  1. A communication that belittles somebody or something (synset 106730109)
    domain member usage:
    • gip, gyp - (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating
    • bastard, mongrel - derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
    • effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness - the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
    • poor white trash, white trash - (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
    • honkey, honkie, honky, whitey - (slang) offensive names for a White man
    • coolie, cooly - (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
    • injun, red man, redskin - (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
    • papist - an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy
    • hymie, kike, sheeny, yid - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
    • chinaman, chink - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
    • mick, mickey, paddy - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
    • dago, ginzo, greaseball, guinea, wop - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
    • jap, nip - (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
    • spic, spick, spik - (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
    • greaser, taco, wetback - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
    • boche, hun, jerry, kraut, krauthead - offensive term for a person of German descent
    • butch, dike, dyke - (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
    • fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer - offensive term for a homosexual man
    • half-caste - an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures
    • half-breed - an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)
    • indian giver - an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you
    • caffer, caffre, kaffir, kafir - an offensive and insulting term for any Black African
    • mammy - an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
    • mongoloid - a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive)
    • moonie - an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church
    • nazi - derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc.
    • picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
    • shegetz - an offensive term for non-Jewish young man
    • shiksa, shikse - a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women
    • gamin, street arab, throwaway - (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
    • suit - (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
    • tree hugger - derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests
    • wog - (offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia
    • gip, gyp - (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle
    • touchy-feely - (often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact)
    • mongoloid - (offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome
    is a type of: discourtesy, disrespect - an expression of lack of respect
    subtypes:
    same as: depreciation, disparagement
  2. (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law;
    A partial repeal or abolition of a law (synset 100233014)
    "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed"
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: abrogation, annulment, repeal - the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

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