hypercorrection

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• UK: /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/
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• US: /ˌhaɪ.pɚ.kəˈɹɛk.ʃən/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English correction English hypercorrection From hyper- + correction.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hiperkorreksie — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Armenian: գերճշտում (gerčštum) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Armenian: գերշտկում (gerštkum) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Bulgarian: хиперкорекция (hiperkorekcija) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Catalan: hipercorrecció — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Catalan: ultracorrecció — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Chinese Cantonese: 矯枉過正 /矫枉过正 (giu2 wong2 gwo3 zing3) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Chinese Mandarin: 矯枉過正 /矫枉过正 (jiǎowǎngguòzhèng) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Czech: hyperkorekce — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Czech: hyperkorektnost — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Czech: hyperspisovnost — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Czech: hyperkorektivismus — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Dutch: hypercorrectie — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Finnish: hyperkorjaus — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• French: hypercorrection — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Saterland Frisian: Hyperkorrektuur — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• German: Hyperkorrektur — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Greek: υπερδιόρθωση (yperdiórthosi) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Hebrew: תיקון יתר (tikun yeter) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Hungarian: hiperkorrekció — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Hungarian: túlhelyesbítés — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Icelandic: ofvöndun — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Indonesian: lewah pembetulan — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Indonesian: hiperkoreksi — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Irish: forcheartú — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Italian: ipercorrettismo — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Japanese: 過剰修正 (kajōshūsei) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Korean: 과잉수정 (gwaingsujeong) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Limburgish: euverbaetering — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Malay: pembetulan berlebihan — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Norwegian Bokmål: hyperkorreksjon — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hyperkorreksjon — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Polish: hiperkorekcja — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Polish: hiperkorektyzm — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Polish: hiperpoprawność — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Polish: przesada poprawnościowa — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Polish: hiperyzacja — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Portuguese: hipercorreção — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Romanian: hipercorectitudine — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Russian: гиперкорре́кция (giperkorrékcija) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Russian: гиперкорре́ктность (giperkorréktnostʹ) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Serbo-Croatian: hiperkorekcija — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Serbo-Croatian: hiperispravnost — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Slovak: hyperkorekcia — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Slovak: hyperkorektnosť — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Slovak: hyperspisovnosť — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Slovak: hyperkorektivizmus — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Slovene: hiperkorekcija — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Slovene: nadpravilnost — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Spanish: ultracorrección — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Spanish: hipercorrección — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Swedish: hyperkorrektion — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Tamil: மிகை திருத்தம் (mikai tiruttam) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Ukrainian: надвиправлення (nadvypravlennja) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Ukrainian: гіперкорекція (hiperkorekcija) — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Vietnamese: siêu chỉnh — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• Walloon: forcoridjaedje — nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule
• German: Hyperkorrektismus — nonstandard form
• Spanish: ultracorrección — nonstandard form