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pejoration

/ˌpiːd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/

pejoration noun: the act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.

Noun

pejoration (countable and uncountable, plural pejorations)

  1. The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.
  2. Any process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning.
    • Nagle explains that the contemporary disapproval of the title is due to a multilayered pejoration inherent in the term Hobson-Jobson.2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 58
    Antonyms:
    amelioration

pejoration meaning in Tamil

pejoration in Tamil

இழிபொருட்பேறு

Synonyms of pejoration

Antonyms

Forms of pejoration

pluralpejorations

Origin of pejoration

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

Words formed from pejoration

Questions about pejoration

What does pejoration mean?
Pejoration means the act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration.
What is pejoration in Tamil?
Pejoration in Tamil is இழிபொருட்பேறு. See Pejoration meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pejoration?
Pejoration is a noun.
How do you pronounce pejoration?
Pejoration is pronounced /ˌpiːd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of pejoration?
The plural of pejoration is pejorations.

Words near pejoration in the dictionary

  1. pejibayes
  2. pejorate
  3. pejorated
  4. pejorates
  5. pejorating
  6. pejoration
  7. pejorationist
  8. pejorationists
  9. pejorations
  10. pejorative
  11. pejoratively

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pejoration (page history and authors); pejoration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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