hypercorrection

English

WOTD – 8 August 2009

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hypercorrection

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• hyper-correction

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ correction.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pɚ.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

hypercorrection (countable and uncountable, plural hypercorrections)

1. (linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the overapplication of a perceived prescriptive rule.
2. (linguistics) A nonstandard form so used.

   Synonym: hypercorrectism

Related terms

• hypercorrect, hyper-correct
• hypercorrective, hyper-corrective
• hypercorrectness, hyper-correctness
• hypercorrectism, hyper-correctism

Translations

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

Afrikaans: hiperkorreksie Armenian: գերճշտում (gerčštum), գերշտկում (gerštkum) Bulgarian: хиперкорекция f (hiperkorekcija) 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: lewah pembetulan, hiperkoreksi Irish: forcheartú Italian: ipercorrettismo m Japanese: 過剰修正 (かじょうしゅうせい, kajōshūsei) Korean: 과잉수정 (gwaingsujeong) 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 (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Homophone: hypercorrections
• Hyphenation: hy‧per‧cor‧rec‧tion

Noun

hypercorrection f (plural hypercorrections)

1. hypercorrection

Further reading

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