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overinsist

overinsist verb: to insist too strongly.

Verb

overinsist (third-person singular simple present overinsists, present participle overinsisting, simple past and past participle overinsisted)

  1. To insist too strongly.
    • It would be impossible to overinsist on the importance of this talent for social life.2010, Ernest Becker, Birth and Death of Meaning
    • So powerful is our fear of uncertainty and chaos that we sometimes overinsist upon order, to the point of ennui in sensibility, and of fallacy in thought and perception.2012, Robert Beum, Karl Shapiro, The Prosody Handbook: A Guide to Poetic Form, page 75

Forms of overinsist

third-person singular presentoverinsists
present participleoverinsisting
past participleoverinsisted
pastoverinsisted

Origin of overinsist

over- + insist

Questions about overinsist

What does overinsist mean?
Overinsist means to insist too strongly.
What part of speech is overinsist?
Overinsist is a verb.
What is the past tense of overinsist?
The past tense of overinsist is overinsisted.

Words near overinsist in the dictionary

  1. overink
  2. overinked
  3. overinking
  4. overinks
  5. overinquisitive
  6. overinsist
  7. overinsisted
  8. overinsistence
  9. overinsistent
  10. overinsistently
  11. overinsisting

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