nonpejoratively

English

Etymology

From nonpejorative +‎ -ly.

Adverb

nonpejoratively (comparative more nonpejoratively, superlative most nonpejoratively)

1. In a nonpejorative manner.
   • 2002, Edythe Stern Miller, Warren J. Samuels, The Institutionalist Approach to Public Utilities Regulation, page 484:

     Intensive regulation under the rubric of the public utility category was an attempt to juxtapose the coercive (nonpejoratively used) power of government with the coercive (nonpejoratively used) power of certain businesses.

   • 2010, Gary Alan Scott, Does Socrates Have a Method?, →ISBN:

     If one may speak nonpejoratively of "trends" in Platonic scholarship, I believe it is fair to say that, especially in the English-speaking world, there is a multifaceted trend to view Plato's dialogues "nondogmatically."

   • 2011, Ward E. Jones, Samantha Vice, Ethics at the Cinema, →ISBN, page 45:

     Now whether this characterization does indeed warrant his conclusion depends upon whether the term “manipulation” is used pejoratively or nonpejoratively.