Meanings
adjectiveoverconscious (comparative more overconscious, superlative most overconscious)
comparative more overconscious · superlative most overconscious
- Excessively conscious.
A child whose activities are largely determined by a parent's bidding may be overconscious of the necessity to please other people and may fail to develop personal enthusiasms and interests.
1999, Robert J. Sternberg, Handbook of Creativity, page 437
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