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overidentified

overidentified is the simple past and past participle of overidentify.

Meaning of overidentify

Verb

overidentify (third-person singular simple present overidentifies, present participle overidentifying, simple past and past participle overidentified)

  1. (intransitive) To identify too much (with another person or thing).
    • The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother.
    Antonyms:
    underidentify

Questions about overidentified

What is overidentified the simple past and past participle of?
Overidentified is the simple past and past participle of overidentify.

Words near overidentified in the dictionary

  1. overidealize
  2. overidealized
  3. overidealizes
  4. overidealizing
  5. overidentification
  6. overidentified
  7. overidentifies
  8. overidentify
  9. overidentifying
  10. overideologization
  11. overidle

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