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(linguistics) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form denoting the negative attitude of the speaker. / (rare) Contemptuous.

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contemptive

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contemptive

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kənˈtɛmp.tɪv/

Adjective

rare

Japanese Meaning

言語学の文脈では、話者の否定的な態度を反映する語形に関する、またはその語形を作る性質のもの / 軽蔑的、侮蔑的

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Linguists identified a contemptive suffix in the dialect that turns neutral words into expressions of disdain.

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言語学者たちは、その方言で中立的な語を軽蔑的な表現に変える軽蔑を表す接尾辞を特定した。

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(linguistics) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form denoting the negative attitude of the speaker.

One of the most striking features of the vocabulary of Nishnaabemwin is the frequency that contemptive endings appear on basic (LEXICAL) noun forms, in other words, on noun stems that never occur without the contemptive suffix and which do not have salient contemptive force.

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