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overintellectualized

overintellectualized is the simple past and past participle 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

Adjective

overintellectualized (comparative more overintellectualized, superlative most overintellectualized)

  1. Treated in an excessively intellectual manner.
    • The Kingdom of Triparia (www.triparia.cx), founded in 1998, is a classic of the genre: 17 citizens, with fancy titles and a penchant for posting overintellectualized bulletin-board messages, united in an act of collective imagination.2000 March, Alex Blumberg, “It's Good to Be King”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2005

Forms of overintellectualized

comparativemore overintellectualized
superlativemost overintellectualized

Questions about overintellectualized

What does overintellectualized mean?
Overintellectualized means treated in an excessively intellectual manner.
What is overintellectualized the simple past and past participle of?
Overintellectualized is the simple past and past participle of overintellectualize.
What part of speech is overintellectualized?
Overintellectualized is an adjective.

Words near overintellectualized in the dictionary

  1. overintellectualising
  2. overintellectuality
  3. overintellectualization
  4. overintellectualizations
  5. overintellectualize
  6. overintellectualized
  7. overintellectualizes
  8. overintellectualizing
  9. overintense
  10. overintensely
  11. overintensification

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