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: of, relating to, or characterized by the production of a nonstandard linguistic form or construction on the basis of a false analogy (as “badly” in “my eyes have gone badly” and “widely” in “open widely”)
— hy·per·cor·rec·tion
\-ˈrek-shən\
noun
— hy·per·cor·rect·ly
\-ˈrek-(t)lē\
adverb
— hy·per·cor·rect·ness
\-ˈrek(t)-nəs\
noun
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