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pejoration

Today it means: The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration. Full definition →

Latin peiōrātiō

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Latin · borrowed frompeiōrātiō
English todaypejoration

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.