Epithet and Outrage

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Epithet noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

Usage example: the school has a strict ban against the use of racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual epithets

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Outrage and epithet are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outrage" instead a noun "Epithet".

Outrage noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

Usage example: the booing during the graduation speech was an outrage

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Epithet and outrage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Epithet" instead a noun "Outrage".

specific	specific epithet	specific outrage
popular	popular epithet	popular outrage
actual	actual epithet	actual outrage
social	social epithet	social outrage
Other adjectives: personal, general, negative.

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