overidentification
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Homosexuality is caused by over-identification with a parent of the opposite sex. This means that a male homosexual relates more to his mother, and the female homosexual relates to her father."
- "As a biographer myself, I know a little something about overidentification with one’s subject, but I wish Ardizzone had picked a more appealing quality to emulate."
Etymology
From over- + identification.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over
Usage
Inflected Forms
overidentifications (plural)