Last Updated :2025/11/20

hypercorrect

Verb
transitive
Japanese Meaning
(誤って)標準的な用法だと思い込んで、単語やフレーズを非標準的な形に変えること
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多くの規範主義者は一般的な口語表現を標準だと誤って信じて、非標準的で古風に聞こえる形に変えてしまう。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(transitive) To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage.

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hypercorrect

Many prescriptivists hypercorrect common colloquialisms into archaic-sounding forms, thinking they are more proper.

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Many prescriptivists hypercorrect common colloquialisms into archaic-sounding forms, thinking they are more proper.

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