Hyperformal
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Very highly formal; formal for formality's sake.
"Most of the above linguistic elements used to display a mocking stance are formal and hyperformal rather than stereotypically white linguistic variants[…]"
Example
More examples"Most of the above linguistic elements used to display a mocking stance are formal and hyperformal rather than stereotypically white linguistic variants[…]"
Etymology
From hyper- + formal.
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