hypercorrection
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
hypercorrection
- (linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule.
- (linguistics) A nonstandard form so used.
- Synonyms: hypercorrectism, hyper-correctism
- hypercorrect, hyper-correct
- hypercorrective, hyper-corrective
- hypercorrectness, hyper-correctness
- hypercorrectism, hyper-correctism
- French: hypercorrection
- German: Hyperkorrektur
- Italian: ipercorrettismo
- Russian: гиперкорре́кция
- Spanish: ultracorrección, hipercorrección
- German: Hyperkorrektismus
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