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overconscious

overconscious adjective: excessively conscious.

Adjective

overconscious (comparative more overconscious, superlative most overconscious)

  1. Excessively conscious.
    • A child whose activities are largely determined by a parent's bidding may be overconscious of the necessity to please other people and may fail to develop personal enthusiasms and interests.1999, Robert J. Sternberg, Handbook of Creativity, page 437

Forms of overconscious

comparativemore overconscious
superlativemost overconscious

Origin of overconscious

From over- + conscious.

Questions about overconscious

What does overconscious mean?
Overconscious means excessively conscious.
What part of speech is overconscious?
Overconscious is an adjective.

Words near overconscious in the dictionary

  1. overconnected
  2. overconnectedness
  3. overconnectivity
  4. overconscientious
  5. overconscientiousness
  6. overconscious
  7. overconsciously
  8. overconsciousness
  9. overconservatism
  10. overconservative
  11. overconservatively

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