Definition of Pejoration. Meaning of Pejoration. Synonyms of Pejoration

- becoming pejorative is a form of semantic drift known as pejoration. An example of pejoration is the shift in meaning of the word silly from meaning that...
- United States and First Nations in Canada. The term redskin underwent pejoration through the 19th to early 20th centuries and in contemporary dictionaries...
- tetradecahedron/ decatetrahedron e.g. (e)icosahedron e.g. docosa-hexaenoic acid (a pejoration of dyoicosa-hexanoic) e.g. (e)icositetragon e.g. eicosapenta-enoic acid...
- well as often investing it with a complex mixture of augmentation and pejoration. List of ghosts Nosferatu (word) Pricolici Strigoi Vampire Vampire folklore...
- of meaning: loss of quantity Amelioration of meaning: rise of quality Pejoration of meaning: loss of quality However, the categorization of Blank (1999)...
- referred to as "mental ****ation"—the term is no longer in use due to the pejoration of the term "****ation" in this context Psychomotor ****ation, a slowing-down...
- September 2017. Finkbeiner, Rita; Meibauer, Jörg; Wiese, Heike (2016). Pejoration. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 213–215...
- the meanings of existing words. Basic types of semantic change include: pejoration, in which a term's connotation goes from positive to negative amelioration...
- narrowing or widening of scope or a change of connotation (amelioration or pejoration). In some cases, modern usage can shift to the point where the new meaning...
- well as often investing it with a complex mixture of augmentation and pejoration. The root has been related particularly to owls. Cognates are found throughout...