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overidentifying

overidentifying is the present participle and gerund 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 overidentifying

What is overidentifying the present participle and gerund of?
Overidentifying is the present participle and gerund of overidentify.

Words near overidentifying in the dictionary

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

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