overpersonalize

Verb

overpersonalize (third-person singular simple present overpersonalizes, present participle overpersonalizing, simple past and past participle overpersonalized)

1. (transitive) To attribute too much of the cause of something to personal decisions and willpower, and not enough to other factors.
   • Putting this approach into action requires resisting our inclination to overpersonalize our role in problems and miss the systemwide issues.1974, Samuel A. Culbert, The organization trap and how to get out of it, page 140
   • Research on abusive parent-child relationships has found that parents often overpersonalize the child's behavior, attributing more negative than positive motivations to the child.1996, Lucille L. Andreozzi, Child-Centered Family Therapy, →ISBN, page 44

   Antonyms:

   underpersonalize