hypercorrective

English

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Etymology

From hyper- +‎ corrective.

Adjective

hypercorrective (comparative more hypercorrective, superlative most hypercorrective)

  1. Tending to hypercorrect; pertaining to hypercorrection.
    • 2009 September 27, Jack Rosenthal, “Phantonym”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      You need not be a hypercorrective schoolmarm to lament such tolerance.

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