hyperatticism

English edit

Etymology edit

hyper- +‎ Attic +‎ -ism

Pronunciation edit

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪpɚˌætɪsɪzm̩/
Hyphenation: hy‧per‧at‧tic‧ism

Noun edit

hyperatticism (plural hyperatticisms)

(linguistics, Hellenics) A hypercorrection or incorrect substitution of non-Attic Ancient Greek word forms and morphology to match those of Attic Greek.

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Translations edit

hypercorrection of non-Attic Greek to Attic Greek

German: Hyperatticismus

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