Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overidentify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: overi-den-ti-fy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To identify too much (with another person or thing).

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English identify English overidentify From over- + identify.

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

overidentifies (present, singular) overidentifying (participle, present) overidentified (participle, past) overidentified (past)

Antonyms

underidentify

Questions

What does overidentify mean?: To identify too much (with another person or thing).
Where does overidentify come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English identify English overidentify From over- + identify.

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