hypercorrect
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from hypercorrection.
Adjective[edit]
hypercorrect (comparative more hypercorrect, superlative most hypercorrect)
Derived terms[edit]
- hypercorrective, hyper-corrective
- hypercorrectly
- hypercorrectness, hyper-correctness
- hypercorrectism, hyper-correctism
Translations[edit]
nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage
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Verb[edit]
hypercorrect (third-person singular simple present hypercorrects, present participle hypercorrecting, simple past and past participle hypercorrected)
- (transitive) To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage.
- 2007 October 28, William Safire, “And Now This”, in New York Times[1]:
- I use reduplicate to mean redouble, though both words should mean quadruple, but English is funny that way, so hold off on the hypercorrecting gotcha!
Further reading[edit]
- “hypercorrect”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “hypercorrect, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- hypercorrect at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “hypercorrect”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “hypercorrect” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hypercorrect (feminine hypercorrecte, masculine plural hypercorrects, feminine plural hypercorrectes)
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Further reading[edit]
- “hypercorrect”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.