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

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates