hypercorrection

English

WOTD – 8 August 2009

Alternative forms

hyper-correction

Etymology

hyper- +‎ correction

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pɚ.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

hypercorrection (countable and uncountable, plural hypercorrections)

(linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule.
(linguistics) A nonstandard form so used.
Synonym: hypercorrectism

Related terms

Translations

nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule

Afrikaans: hiperkorreksie
Armenian: գերճշտում (gerčštum), գերշտկում (gerštkum)
Catalan: hipercorrecció f, ultracorrecció f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 矯枉過正／矫枉过正 (giu² wong² gwo³ zing³)

Mandarin: 矯枉過正／矫枉过正 (zh) (jiǎowǎngguòzhèng)
Czech: hyperkorekce f, hyperkorektnost (cs) f, hyperspisovnost f, hyperkorektivismus m
Dutch: hypercorrectie (nl) f
Finnish: hyperkorjaus
French: hypercorrection (fr) f
German: Hyperkorrektur (de) f
Greek: υπερδιόρθωση (el) f (yperdiórthosi)
Hebrew: תיקון יתר (he) m (tikun yeter)
Hungarian: hiperkorrekció (hu), túlhelyesbítés
Icelandic: ofvöndun
Indonesian: hiperkoreksi
Irish: forcheartú
Italian: ipercorrettismo m
Japanese: 過剰修正 (かじょうしゅうせい, kajōshūsei)
Limburgish: euverbaetering (li) f
Malay: pembetulan berlebihan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hyperkorreksjon (no) m

Nynorsk: hyperkorreksjon m
Polish: hiperkorekcja f, hiperkorektyzm m, hiperpoprawność (pl) f, przesada poprawnościowa f, hiperyzacja f
Portuguese: hipercorreção f
Romanian: hipercorectitudine (ro) f
Russian: гиперкорре́кция (ru) f (giperkorrékcija), гиперкорре́ктность (ru) f (giperkorréktnostʹ)
Saterland Frisian: Hyperkorrektuur
Serbo-Croatian: hiperkorekcija f, hiperispravnost f
Slovak: hyperkorekcia f, hyperkorektnosť f, hyperspisovnosť f, hyperkorektivizmus m
Slovene: hiperkorekcija f, nadpravilnost f
Spanish: ultracorrección f, hipercorrección f
Swedish: hyperkorrektion (sv) c
Tamil: மிகை திருத்தம் (mikai tiruttam)
Ukrainian: надвиправлення n (nadvypravlennja), гіперкорекція f (hiperkorekcija)
Walloon: forcoridjaedje (wa) m

nonstandard form

German: Hyperkorrektismus m
Spanish: ultracorrección f

See also

incorrection

French

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ correction.

Pronunciation

^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.pɛʁ.kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Homophone: hypercorrections
Hyphenation: hy‧per‧cor‧rec‧tion

Noun

hypercorrection f (plural hypercorrections)

hypercorrection

Further reading

“hypercorrection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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