ALL meanings of hyperurbanism
hy·per·ur·ban·ism
H h - noun hyperurbanism a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅). 1
- noun hyperurbanism (linguistics) the creation of a non-standard form by mimicking the standard dialect. 0
- noun hyperurbanism an overcompensation of pronunciation in an attempt to hide provincial speech 0