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overcorrections

overcorrections is the plural of overcorrection.

Meaning of overcorrection

Noun

overcorrection (countable and uncountable, plural overcorrections)

  1. 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

Questions about overcorrections

What is overcorrections the plural of?
Overcorrections is the plural of overcorrection.

Words near overcorrections in the dictionary

  1. overcopiously
  2. overcorrect
  3. overcorrected
  4. overcorrecting
  5. overcorrection
  6. overcorrections
  7. overcorrector
  8. overcorrectors
  9. overcorrects
  10. overcosseted
  11. overcost

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