derogatory

  • 41derogatory clause — A clause which a testator has secretly inserted in his will, the will containing a provision that any will thereafter made by him without the precise clause is to be void. The provision is anomalous to the same extent that an irrevocable will is… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 42derogatory clause — noun : a clause in a legal document (as a will) making any future altering or canceling document invalid except upon the recital of the clause word for word and its formal revocation …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 43Greaser (derogatory) — Greaser was a derogatory term for a Mexican in what is now the US Southwest in the 19th century. It most likely derived from what was considered one of the lowliest occupations typically held by Mexicans in what is now the US Southwest, the… …

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  • 44Harry (derogatory term) — Harry is a Norwegian derogatory term used in slang, derived from the English name Harry.cite web | url=http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/ordboksoek/ordbok.cgi?OPP=harry bokmaal=S%F8k+i+Bokm%E5lsordboka ordbok=bokmaal alfabet=n renset=j… …

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  • 45be derogatory — index derogate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 46ghost in the machine — Derogatory epithet coined by Ryle for the nature of the person according to Cartesian dualism …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 47God of the gaps — Derogatory term for the tendency to postulate divine action simply to fill up gaps in scientific knowledge, for example in the detail of evolutionary mechanisms …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 48intuition pump — Derogatory term for a thought experiment, especially one seeking to support a view by means of an analogy that is superficially compelling but more fundamentally doubtful. For example, one might compare all human action to the mechanical… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 49transcendental signified — Derogatory term used in some post structuralist writing to denote an external, objective, language independent point that fixes reference or meaning. These points, it is alleged, cannot play any role in the interpretation of texts: their… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 50Basketweaver — (derogatory) a person who advocates simple living, natural foods, avoidance of high technology, etc …

    Dictionary of Australian slang