pejoration (English, noun)
expansion: pejoration (countable and uncountable, plural pejorations)
Senses:
glosses: The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Any process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: pejorations
tags: plural