overidentification

plural overidentifications

1. uncountableusuallyA case of overidentifying with something.

   As a biographer myself, I know a little something about overidentification with one’s subject, but I wish Ardizzone had picked a more appealing quality to emulate.

   2007 July 22, Caroline Weber, “Long Time Passing”, in New York Times

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   Homosexuality is caused by over-identification with a parent of the opposite sex. This means that a male homosexual relates more to his mother, and the female homosexual relates to her father.

   1974 March 30, Ann Landers, quoted in 1974 April 13, Barbara Piccirilli, "Landerslander", in Gay Community News, page 1

   Antonyms: underidentification