English Dictionary

hypercorrect

動詞

他動詞

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

日本語の意味

（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

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

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。

意味（1）

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

I use reduplicate to mean redouble, though both words should mean quadruple, but English is funny that way, so hold off on the hypercorrecting gotcha!

hypercorrects （ present singular third-person ）

hypercorrecting （ participle present ）

hypercorrected （ participle past ）

hypercorrected （ past ）