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overidentify

overidentify verb: to identify too much (with another person or thing).

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

Antonyms of overidentify

Forms of overidentify

third-person singular presentoveridentifies
present participleoveridentifying
past participleoveridentified
pastoveridentified

Origin of overidentify

From over- + identify.

Questions about overidentify

What does overidentify mean?
Overidentify means to identify too much (with another person or thing).
What part of speech is overidentify?
Overidentify is a verb.
What is the past tense of overidentify?
The past tense of overidentify is overidentified.

Words near overidentify in the dictionary

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

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