1.
[syn: dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dyslogistic \Dys`lo*gis"tic\, a. [Gr. dys- ill, bad, + ?
discourse, fr. ? to speak.]
Unfavorable; not commendatory; -- opposed to eulogistic.
[1913 Webster]
There is no course of conduct for which dyslogistic or
eulogistic epithets may be found. --J. F.
Stephen.
[1913 Webster]
The paternity of dyslogistic -- no bantling, but now
almost a centenarian -- is adjudged to that genius of
common sense, Jeremy Bentham. --Fitzed.
Hall.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dyslogistic
adj 1: expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit'
and `scalawag'" [syn: dyslogistic, dislogistic,
pejorative]