pejoration

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin peior (“worse”)

Noun [edit]

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Wikipedia pejoration (plural pejorations)

  1. The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration
  2. (linguistics) The process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning over time

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