pejoration
noun/ˌpiːd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology
From Latin peiōrātiō. By surface analysis, pejorate + -ion.
- borrowed from peiōrātiō
Definitions
The act or process of becoming worse
The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.
Any process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning.
- Nagle explains that the contemporary disapproval of the title is due to a multilayered pejoration inherent in the term Hobson-Jobson.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for pejoration. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA