Usually means: Overcorrection due to misunderstanding rules.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word hypercorrection:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypercorrection: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypercorrection: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hypercorrection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hypercorrection: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hypercorrection: Wiktionary
  6. hypercorrection: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. hypercorrection: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. hypercorrection: Dictionary.com
  9. Hypercorrection (psychology), Hypercorrection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. hypercorrection: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hypercorrection: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypercorrection: A Word A Day
  2. hypercorrection: Wordcraft Dictionary

(Note: See hypercorrect as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the overapplication of a perceived prescriptive rule.
noun:  (linguistics) A nonstandard form so used.

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