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Definition of Overspecialized
1. overspecialize [v] - See also: overspecialize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overspecialized
Literary usage of Overspecialized
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"... and a period of old age or senescence, characterized by the development of
bizarre, overspecialized types, incapable of weathering a world crisis. ..."
2. Democracy and the Overman by Charles Zueblin (1910)
"The overspecialized business man is not a good sport. Secondly—The business man
possesses brains, but usually not culture. In his ignorance, he often ..."
3. How We Think by John Dewey (1910)
"Has not the idea of a " liberal" and " humane " education tended too often in
practice to the production of technical, because overspecialized, thinkers ? ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... offensively armed types and shows that many of the amphibians and reptiles
were so overspecialized that they became extinct at the end of this period. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"overspecialized science is apt to degenerate into a mere hobby where all conception
of true proportions and harmony are lost. ..."
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