overillustration

noun

Excessive illustration.

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Meanings

nounoverillustration (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive illustration.

    There is no rule limiting the number of illustrations that may be used in a publication of the Geological Survey, but in selecting illustrations for a report an author may easily fall into the error of overillustration.

    1920, John Livesy Ridgway, The Preparation of Illustrations for Reports of the United States Geological Survey, page 8

Origin

From over- + illustration.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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