Meanings
verboveridentify (third-person singular simple present overidentifies, present participle overidentifying, simple past and past participle overidentified)
present singular third person overidentifies · participle present overidentifying · participle past overidentified · past overidentified
- intransitiveTo identify too much (with another person or thing).
The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother.
Antonyms: underidentify
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo identify too much (with another person or thing).
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishidentify
- Englishoveridentify
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APA
overidentify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overidentify
MLA
“overidentify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overidentify. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overidentify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overidentify.
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