Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypercorrect

The state or condition of being hypercorrect.

Tending to hypercorrect; pertaining to hypercorrection.

present participle of hypercorrect

simple past tense and past participle of hypercorrect

plural of hypercorrectism

(linguistics) hypercorrection

In a hypercorrective manner.

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

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