overperceiving

Verb

overperceive (third-person singular simple present overperceives, present participle overperceiving, simple past and past participle overperceived)

1. (transitive) To perceive to a greater degree than actually exists.
   • In the United States, the assessment of threat emanating from Iraq was almost certainly overperceived.2007, Greg Cashman, Leonard C. Robinson, An introduction to the causes of war, page 378