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17 July, 00:49

Prestige, borrowed from French, is derived from Latin praestigium, meaning illusion, or juggler's trick.

Is it

A) amelioration

B) pejoration

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  1. 17 July, 00:59
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    The correct answer is A, amelioration. In linguistics pejoration is a term used to signify how a word's meaning becomes downgraded and goes from having a positive meaning to having a negative meaning. Amelioration is a reverse term, it is a phenomenon where one word over time acquires a more positive meaning, as is the case with prestige, which now has a positive connotation.
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