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hypercorrectness

hypercorrectness noun: the state or condition of being hypercorrect.

Noun

hypercorrectness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being hypercorrect.

Forms of hypercorrectness

alternative formhyper-correctness

Origin of hypercorrectness

From hypercorrect + -ness.

Questions about hypercorrectness

What does hypercorrectness mean?
Hypercorrectness means the state or condition of being hypercorrect.
What part of speech is hypercorrectness?
Hypercorrectness is a noun.

Words near hypercorrectness in the dictionary

  1. hypercorrectism
  2. hypercorrectisms
  3. hypercorrective
  4. hypercorrectively
  5. hypercorrectly
  6. hypercorrectness
  7. hypercorrects
  8. hypercorticism
  9. hypercorticoid
  10. hypercorticoidemia
  11. hypercorticoidism

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