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overconcern

overconcern noun: excessive concern.

Noun

overconcern (uncountable)

  1. excessive concern
    • October 1967, Vladimir Nabokov, interview with Herbert Gold in Paris Review
      Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing, we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and...

Verb

overconcern (third-person singular simple present overconcerns, present participle overconcerning, simple past and past participle overconcerned)

  1. (transitive) To concern excessively.
    • Don't overconcern yourself with small details.

Forms of overconcern

third-person singular presentoverconcerns
present participleoverconcerning
past participleoverconcerned
pastoverconcerned

Origin of overconcern

From over- + concern.

Questions about overconcern

What does overconcern mean?
Overconcern means excessive concern.
What part of speech is overconcern?
Overconcern can be a noun or a verb.

Words near overconcern in the dictionary

  1. overconcentrated
  2. overconcentrates
  3. overconcentrating
  4. overconcentration
  5. overconcentrations
  6. overconcern
  7. overconcerned
  8. overconcerning
  9. overconcerns
  10. overcondensation
  11. overcondense

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