correctionist

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noun

One who corrects something.

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Meanings

nouncorrectionist (plural correctionists)

plural correctionists

  1. One who corrects something.

    The correction of barbaralalia (foreign accent) is in the strictest sense speech re-education, since the speech correctionist is aiding the foreign speaker to change one set of speech habits for another.

    1941, Charlotte G. Wells, The Correction of Foreign Accent, page 34

Origin

From correction + -ist.

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APA

correctionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctionist

MLA

“correctionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctionist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “correctionist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctionist.

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