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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Proc Conf Empir Methods Nat Lang Process. 2016 Nov;2016:595–605. doi: 10.18653/v1/D16-1057

Figure 5. Examples of amelioration and pejoration.

Figure 5

(a) Lean becomes more positive. Lean underwent amelioration, becoming more similar to muscular and less similar to weak.

(b) Pathetic becomes more negative. Pathetic underwent pejoration, becoming similar to weak and less similar to passionate.