W o t D : pejorative

pejorative |pəˈjôrətiv; ˈpejəˌrātiv|
adjective
expressing contempt or disapproval : permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term.
noun
a word expressing contempt or disapproval.
DERIVATIVES
pejoratively |ˈpɛdʒəˈreɪd1vli| |pəˈdʒɔrəd1vli| adverb
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French péjoratif, -ive, from late Latin pejorare ‘make worse,’ from Latin pejor ‘worse.’