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I am almost sure there is a proper name for that but I forgot. It would be the opposite of semantic bleaching...

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You could be referring to semantic change or more specifically semantic expansion (as described here: https://www.uni-due.de/SHE/SHE_Change_Semantic.htm#types ), depending on what type of change it is, there is then more specific terms.

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