Synonyms for hyperforeignism
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The use of a sound or form that is perceived as foreign in a context where a native sound or form would be more correct based on the original language of a given loanword.
When he wrote that he was going to “Hämbürg”, it was considered a hyperforeignism because the German form is “Hamburg”.
Related words
- Word family
- hyperdialectalism
- Other spellings
- hyper-foreignism
Forms
- Plural
- hyperforeignisms → exoticisms, hyperforeignizations…
Example sentences
- exoticism The streets are filled with an air of exoticism.
By length
- 9 letters
- exoticism