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Difference between "derogation" and "inferiorization"

English Language & Usage Asked on March 27, 2021

If both derogation and inferiorization can be used to describe an insult, what is the difference between them?

3 Answers

By "used as insult", you apparently mean "used as means of insult". If we suppose that inferiorization is a word, and that it means "process of making something inferior", the first of the two most-common senses of derogation actually is quite close to that same meaning. The two common senses of derogation are

  • something that belittles; disparagement
  • (law) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law

The text about racism (mentioned in a comment) may be using derogation to refer to speech or actions that belittle (underrate) persons, and inferiorization to speech or actions that cause people to become or seem inferior.

Commonly, disparage would be used instead of derogate for the sense in question, and disparagement instead of derogation, and inferiorization completely avoided.

Correct answer by James Waldby - jwpat7 on March 27, 2021

"Derogation" is a real word - meaning the partial revocation or limiting implementation of a law.

"Inferiorization" is what you get when you start adding extra endings to a perfectly good word to make your subject sound more serious and academic.

Answered by mgb on March 27, 2021

This responder’s answer demonstrates that he does not understand either how words become words or the difference between a transitive verb and a noun. Derogation is a noun. Inferiorize Is a transitive verb. They are used very differently. When I was growing up the word “ain’t” was not in the dictionary. Teachers used to say, “Ain’t ain’t in the dictionary,” to try to get kids to stop using it. Due to the sheer colloquial usage of it, “ain’t” was soon found in the next editions of the dictionary. Words that are used well and fill a niche almost always become “real words.” Had the responder been aware of these things his answer would not have been so pointed, judgmental, or wrong.

Answered by S K on March 27, 2021

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