overinsist

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verb

To insist too strongly.

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Meanings

verboverinsist (third-person singular simple present overinsists, present participle overinsisting, simple past and past participle overinsisted)

present singular third person overinsists · participle present overinsisting · participle past overinsisted · past overinsisted

  1. To insist too strongly.

    It would be impossible to overinsist on the importance of this talent for social life.

    2010, Ernest Becker, Birth and Death of Meaning
    1 more example

    So powerful is our fear of uncertainty and chaos that we sometimes overinsist upon order, to the point of ennui in sensibility, and of fallacy in thought and perception.

    2012, Robert Beum, Karl Shapiro, The Prosody Handbook: A Guide to Poetic Form, page 75

Origin

over- + insist

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Translations

Spanish insistir demasiado
  • insistir demasiadoTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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