Last Updated :2025/11/20

hypercorrect

Adjective
Japanese Meaning
文法上、標準的な用法に基づいて正しいとされる形を、誤った認識により過剰に適用した結果、非標準的な形になってしまう現象(過剰に正そうとする結果生じる言語使用の誤り)を指す。
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彼女がどの文でも「whom」と言おうとするその過剰な訂正は、標準的な用法だと誤解したことに基づく非標準的なもので、正しいというよりもむしろ気取っているように聞こえた。

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(grammar) nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage

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hypercorrect

Her hypercorrect insistence on saying whom in every sentence sounded more pedantic than proper.

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Her hypercorrect insistence on saying whom in every sentence sounded more pedantic than proper.

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