overcorrection

English

Etymology

over- +‎ correction

Noun

overcorrection (countable and uncountable, plural overcorrections)

1. The correction of something to an excessive degree.
   • 2024 February 21, Adi Robertson, “Google apologizes for “missing the mark” after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis”, in The Verge‎^[1]:

     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.

Antonyms

• undercorrection

See also

• hypercorrection