hyperatticism

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ Attic +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪpɚˌætɪsɪzm̩/
  • Hyphenation: hy‧per‧at‧tic‧ism

Noun

hyperatticism (plural hyperatticisms)

  1. (linguistics, Hellenics) A hypercorrection or incorrect substitution of non-Attic Ancient Greek word forms and morphology to match those of Attic Greek.

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