English Explanatory Dictionary

hypercorrect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.
verb
  1. To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form, or to another option among a set of accepted alternative-form options, in the mistaken belief that the form used was wrong.
  2. To correct excessively.

Word forms

hypercorrect more hypercorrect most hypercorrect hyper-correct hypercorrects hypercorrecting hypercorrected

Etymology

Back-formation from hypercorrection, equivalent to hyper- + correct.

Derived words

hypercorrectism hypercorrective hypercorrectly hyper-correctness hypercorrectness
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