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correctionisming
correctionisming (verb) — The unsolicited alteration of correctly entered information by a system that has decided the user must have meant something else, especially after the user has already verified the original information.
Related noun: correctionism — the ideology that whatever the user typed must be inferior to whatever the algorithm thinks they should have typed.
And retroactive correctionisming is the particularly advanced form where the machine waits until you've stopped looking, then helpfully “fixes” it.
Related noun: correctionism — the ideology that whatever the user typed must be inferior to whatever the algorithm thinks they should have typed.
And retroactive correctionisming is the particularly advanced form where the machine waits until you've stopped looking, then helpfully “fixes” it.
correctionisming by SomeWiktionaryAdmin August 15, 2026