Associations to the word «Pejoration»
Wiktionary
PEJORATION, noun. The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration
PEJORATION, noun. (linguistics) The process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning over time
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.