hypercorrection
noun/ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/UK/ˌhaɪ.pɚ.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/US
Etymology
From hyper- + correction.
- derived from corrēctiō
- derived from correccion
- inherited from correccioun
Definitions
Nonstandard language use that results from the overapplication of a perceived…
Nonstandard language use that results from the overapplication of a perceived prescriptive rule.
A nonstandard form so used.
The neighborhood
- neighborhypercorrect
- neighborhyper-correct
- neighborhypercorrective
- neighborhyper-corrective
- neighborhypercorrectness
- neighborhyper-correctness
- neighborhypercorrectism
- neighborhyper-correctism
- neighborincorrection
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hypercorrection. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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