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overidentify

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To identify too much (with another person or thing).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: underidentify

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English identify English overidentify From over- + identify.