I'd use derogatory because I don't think derogative is a word.
Dictionary.com says this about derogative:
adjective. Tending or intending to belittle: deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, low, pejorative, slighting, uncomplimentary.
Both derogatory and derogative are words.
Similar in meaning but derogatory intends to be injurious whereas derogative intends to belittle.
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I'd use derogatory because I don't think derogative is a word.
Dictionary.com says this about derogative:
adjective. Tending or intending to belittle: deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, low, pejorative, slighting, uncomplimentary.
Both derogatory and derogative are words.
Similar in meaning but derogatory intends to be injurious whereas derogative intends to belittle.