Definitions For Hypercorrect

Verb

{{en-verb}} (transitive, linguistics) To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage. (transitive, rare) To correct#verb, correct excessively.

Adjective

(linguistics) nonstandard, nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.

Derived terms

{{col-auto, en, hypercorrective, hypercorrectly, hypercorrectness, hyper-correctness, hypercorrectism}}

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 矯枉過正, alt=矯枉過正的, tr=jiǎowǎngguòzhèng de, 糾正過頭的 (jiūzhèng guòtóu de) Czech: hyperkorektní, hyperspisovný Finnish: hyperkorrekti German: hyperkorrekt Irish: forcheart Italian: ipercorretto Korean: 과도교정 (過度校正) Polish: hiperpoprawny Russian: гиперкорре́ктный Scottish Gaelic: os-cheart Serbo-Croatian: hiperispravan, hiperkorektan Slovak: hyperkorektný, hyperspisovný Slovene: hiperkorekten, nadpravilen Spanish: hipercorrecto