pejoration

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration. countable,uncountable
  2. Any process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning. countable,uncountable
    — Nagle explains that the contemporary disapproval of the title is due to a multilayered pejoration inherent in the term Hobson-Jobson.

词形变化

pejorations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
pejorationist

词源

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