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overconcern

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

excessive concern

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • October 1967, Vladimir Nabokov, interview with Herbert Gold in Paris Review Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing, we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and the journalistic generalities we all know.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To concern excessively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Don't overconcern yourself with small details.

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From over- + concern.