overemphasis

Questions

What does overemphasis mean?

Excessive emphasis.

Where does overemphasis 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 emphasis English overemphasis From over- + emphasis.

How to pronounce overemphasis

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