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overpsychologize

overpsychologize verb: to psychologize excessively.

Verb

overpsychologize (third-person singular simple present overpsychologizes, present participle overpsychologizing, simple past and past participle overpsychologized)

  1. (transitive) To psychologize excessively.
    • Throughout, du Boucheron steers clear of overpsychologizing, staying true to the medieval worldview even as he slyly creates a modern morality tale.2008 February 3, Ligaya Mishan, “The Bishop’s Report”, in New York Times

Forms of overpsychologize

third-person singular presentoverpsychologizes
present participleoverpsychologizing
past participleoverpsychologized
pastoverpsychologized

Origin of overpsychologize

From over- + psychologize.

Questions about overpsychologize

What does overpsychologize mean?
Overpsychologize means to psychologize excessively.
What part of speech is overpsychologize?
Overpsychologize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overpsychologize?
The past tense of overpsychologize is overpsychologized.

Words near overpsychologize in the dictionary

  1. overprovoking
  2. overprune
  3. overpruned
  4. overprunes
  5. overpruning
  6. overpsychologize
  7. overpsychologized
  8. overpsychologizes
  9. overpsychologizing
  10. overpublic
  11. overpublication

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