overelaboration

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noun

excessive elaboration; going into too much detail

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Meanings

nounoverelaboration (countable and uncountable, plural overelaborations)

plural overelaborations

  1. countableuncountableexcessive elaboration; going into too much detail

Origin

From over- + elaboration.

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APA

overelaboration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overelaboration

MLA

“overelaboration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overelaboration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overelaboration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overelaboration.

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