Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pejorist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pe-jorist
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who believes that the world is getting worse.

Etymology

From Latin peior (“worse”) + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pejorists (plural) peiorist (alternative)

Synonyms

pejorationist

Questions

What does pejorist mean?
One who believes that the world is getting worse.
Where does pejorist come from?
From Latin peior (“worse”) + -ist.

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