pejoration
/pej-uh-rey-shuhn, pee-juh-/US // ˌpɛdʒ əˈreɪ ʃən, ˌpi dʒə- //UK // (ˌpiːdʒəˈreɪʃən) //
绘画,绘画艺术,绘画作品,绘画创作
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc.
- : Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a lower, less approved, or less respectable meaning.Compare melioration.
Examples
I hope that these baths may arrest the disagreeable tendency to pejoration from which I have suffered in the past year.
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