overmodernize

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verb

To modernize excessively.

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Meanings

verbovermodernize (third-person singular simple present overmodernizes, present participle overmodernizing, simple past and past participle overmodernized)

present singular third person overmodernizes · participle present overmodernizing · participle past overmodernized · past overmodernized

  1. To modernize excessively.

Origin

From over- + modernize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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