pejoration

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Any process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning.

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin peiōrātiō. By surface analysis, pejorate + -ion.

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