Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperurbanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-pe-r-ur-ban-ism
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the creation of a non-standard form by mimicking the standard dialect.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English urbanism English hyperurbanism From hyper- + urbanism.

Inflected Forms

hyperurbanisms (plural)

Synonyms

hypercorrection overcorrection

Questions

What does hyperurbanism mean?: the creation of a non-standard form by mimicking the standard dialect.
Where does hyperurbanism come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English urbanism English hyperurbanism From hyper- + urbanism.

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