pejoration
Plural: pejorations
Noun
- The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.
- Any process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin peiōrātiō. By surface analysis, pejorate + -ion.
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Scrabble Score: 19
pejoration: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpejoration: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
pejoration: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 0
pejoration: not valid in Words With Friends