peyorasi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch pejoratie. By surface analysis, peyora +‎ -si. Cognates to Afrikaans pejorasie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pejorasi/
  • Rhymes: -si, -i
  • Hyphenation: pé‧yo‧ra‧si

Noun

peyorasi (plural peyorasi-peyorasi)

  1. (linguistics) the process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning over time; pejoration or pejorativization
  • peyoratif

Further reading

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