specifically : a historical process by which the semantic and connotative status of a word tends to decline
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it says the term has lost impact, I agree. Doesn;t mean it should be 'retired' but I get the point.
Other words have also lost impact. 'Democracy' comes to mind. I live in a dictatorship that on a daily basis call themselves a Peoples' Democracy, and half the world agrees
Congo?
Nope. I'll give you a hint. One of the three main communist dictatorship in Latin America (currently)