Pejorative Language

PejorativITy: Disambiguating Pejorative Epithets to Improve Misogyny Detection in Italian Tweets

PejorativITy labels Italian tweets for pejorative words and misogyny, and shows that telling insults from neutral senses first improves misogyny detection.

Arianna Muti, Federico Ruggeri, Cagri Toraman, Alberto Barrón-Cedeño, Samuel Algherini, Lorenzo Musetti, Silvia Ronchi, Gianmarco Saretto, Caterina Zapparoli