pejoration
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin peior (“worse”), -ation.
Noun
[edit]Examples (linguistics) |
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pejoration (countable and uncountable, plural pejorations)
- The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.
- (linguistics) Any process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning.
- Synonym: pejorativization
- Antonym: amelioration
- Coordinate term: euphemism treadmill
- 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 58:
- Nagle explains that the contemporary disapproval of the title is due to a multilayered pejoration inherent in the term Hobson-Jobson.
Further reading
[edit]pejoration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia