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overintellectualizing

overintellectualizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about overintellectualizing

What is overintellectualizing the present participle and gerund of?
Overintellectualizing is the present participle and gerund of overintellectualize.

Words near overintellectualizing in the dictionary

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

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