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overintellectualise

overintellectualise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overintellectualize.

Meaning of overintellectualize

Verb

overintellectualize (third-person singular simple present overintellectualizes, present participle overintellectualizing, simple past and past participle overintellectualized)

  1. (transitive) To treat something in an excessively intellectual manner.
    • Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.2022 October 14, Justin Curto, “The 1975’s Matty Healy Prefers Writing Lyrics He’s Afraid Of”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2022

Forms of overintellectualise

third-person singular presentoverintellectualises
present participleoverintellectualising
past participleoverintellectualised
pastoverintellectualised

Questions about overintellectualise

What is overintellectualise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Overintellectualise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overintellectualize.

Words near overintellectualise in the dictionary

  1. overinsured
  2. overinsures
  3. overinsuring
  4. overintellectual
  5. overintellectualisation
  6. overintellectualise
  7. overintellectualised
  8. overintellectualises
  9. overintellectualising
  10. overintellectuality
  11. overintellectualization

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