Word: overcorrection
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: o
ver
cor
rec
tion
Definition: The correction of something to an excessive degree.
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
Affix: correct
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: correctus
Language: la
Decoded: correctus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: corrected
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.