Term: melioration: the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
Candidate hypernym: drift: a process of linguistic change over a period of time → 1
Candidate hypernym: nigger: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person → 0
Candidate hypernym: eschrichtiidae: comprising only the grey whales → 0
Candidate hypernym: oldie: a song that was formerly popular → 0
Candidate hypernym: knitter: someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread → 0
Candidate hypernym: grape jelly: jelly made from grape juice → 0
Candidate hypernym: flagellate: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: march: a procession of people walking together → 0
Candidate hypernym: boyishness: being characteristic of a boy → 0
Candidate hypernym: shaft: (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column → 0
Candidate hypernym: helpfulness: the property of providing useful assistance → 0