overreliance

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noun

Excessive reliance.

OriginEnglish reliance ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

nounoverreliance (countable and uncountable, plural overreliances)

plural overreliances · alternative over-reliance

  1. countableuncountableExcessive reliance.

    A particularly worn device for Super Bowl ads — an overreliance on familiar faces — got a real workout.

    2009 February 2, Stuart Elliott, “Ads That Pushed Our Usual (Well-Worn) Buttons”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishreliance
  8. Englishoverreliance

From over- + reliance.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overreliance

sciencecomplianceallianceappliancereliancedefiancenoncompliancefaienceflamboyanceaffianceunderreliance
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Cite this entry
APA

overreliance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overreliance

MLA

“overreliance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overreliance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overreliance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overreliance.

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