HYPERCORRECT


Meaning of HYPERCORRECT in English

[hy.per.cor.rect] adj (1922): of, relating to, or characterized by the production of a nonstandard linguistic form or construction on the basis of a false analogy (as "badly" in "my eyes have gone badly" and "widely" in "open widely") -- hy.per.cor.rec.tion n -- hy.per.cor.rect.ly adv -- hy.per.cor.rect.ness n

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