overmagnify

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verb

To magnify too much.

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Meanings

verbovermagnify (third-person singular simple present overmagnifies, present participle overmagnifying, simple past and past participle overmagnified)

present singular third person overmagnifies · participle present overmagnifying · participle past overmagnified · past overmagnified

  1. To magnify too much.

    Sabato's (1991) Feeding Frenzy similarly focuses on the post-Watergate tendency in American mass media to overmagnify certain events and to provide more cynical and contentious coverage of politics.

    2014, Stuart N. Soroka, Negativity in Democratic Politics: Causes and Consequences, page 74

Origin

From over- + magnify.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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