overcorrection
overcorrection noun: the correction of something to an excessive degree, usually resulting in an error in the opposite direction.
Noun
overcorrection (countable and uncountable, plural overcorrections)
- The correction of something to an excessive degree, usually resulting in an error in the opposite direction.
- The statement follows criticism that it depicted specific white figures (like the US Founding Fathers) or groups like Nazi-era German soldiers as people of color, possibly as an overcorrection to long-standing racial bias problems in AI.2024 February 21, Adi Robertson, “Google apologizes for “missing the mark” after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis”, in The Verge
- Antonyms:
- undercorrection
overcorrection meaning in Tamil and Kannada
overcorrection in Tamil
- மிகைத் திருத்தம்
overcorrection in Kannada
- ಮಿಗುಲುಸರಿಪಡಿಕೆ
Antonyms of overcorrection
Forms of overcorrection
| plural | overcorrections |
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Origin of overcorrection
From over- + correction.
Questions about overcorrection
- What does overcorrection mean?
- Overcorrection means the correction of something to an excessive degree, usually resulting in an error in the opposite direction.
- What is overcorrection in Tamil?
- Overcorrection in Tamil is மிகைத் திருத்தம். See Overcorrection meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is overcorrection?
- Overcorrection is a noun.
- What is the plural of overcorrection?
- The plural of overcorrection is overcorrections.
Words near overcorrection in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: overcorrection (page history and authors); overcorrection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overcorrection (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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