💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Apostrophization"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| apostrophationnoun | (rare) The omission of parts of a word by means of an apostrophe (punctuation mark), contraction. |
| apostrophectomynoun | The removal of incorrect apostrophes, especially those wrongly used to form plurals (greengrocer's apostrophes). |
| apologetic apostrophenoun | (sociolinguistics, orthography) An apostrophe added to a Scots word in order to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word. |
| omissionnoun | (uncountable) The act of omitting. |
| greengrocer's apostrophenoun | An incorrectly used apostrophe; (especially) one mistakenly used to form the plural of a noun, for example: writing the plural of banana as banana's (a possessive) instead of bananas. |
| capitalitisnoun | The tendency to use capital letters gratuitously. |
| contractionnoun | (orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark. |
| haplographynoun | Accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, for example, mispell for misspell. |
| elisionnoun | (linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe. |
| pseudographynoun | False writing; forgery. |
| malapropnoun | A malapropism. |
| catachresisnoun | A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote. |
| miscapitalizationnoun | (rare) Incorrect capitalization; an act of miscapitalizing. |
| thesisesnoun | Misspelling of theses. |
| antithesisesnoun | Misspelling of antitheses. |
| mishyphenationnoun | The incorrect placement of a hyphen. |
| acronymanianoun | The enthusiastic creation and use of acronyms. |
| malapropismnoun | (uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one. |
| misusagenoun | Improper usage (especially of words). |
| capitalizationnoun | American and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation. |
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