Definition of Overemphasis

1. Noun. Too much emphasis.

Generic synonyms: Emphasis, Vehemence

Definition of Overemphasis

1. Noun. state in which something receives too much stress or attention ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overemphasis

1. [n -PHASES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overemphasis

overembellish
overembellished
overembellishes
overembellishing
overembellishment
overembellishments
overemote
overemoted
overemotes
overemoting
overemotional
overemotionally
overemotive
overempathic
overemphases
overemphasis (current term)
overemphasise
overemphasised
overemphasises
overemphasising
overemphasize
overemphasized
overemphasizes
overemphasizing
overemphatic
overemphatically
overemptied
overempties
overempty
overemptying

Literary usage of Overemphasis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Methods of Teaching in High Schools by Samuel Chester Parker (1920)
"The extremes are those of overemphasis and absolute neglect. The extreme of overemphasis of quizzing and testing is found in the common practice of using ..."

2. Social Change with Respect to Culture and Original Nature by William Fielding Ogburn (1922)
"THE overemphasis OF THE BIOLOGICAL FACTOR Popular tendency to confuse the cultural and the psychological or, as Kroeber phrases it, the social and the ..."

3. The Educational Director by Beulah Elfreth Kennard (1918)
"Chapter X STUDY OF THE PROCESS OF SELLING Danger of overemphasis on Process of Selling " The sale is the thing" seems to have been the motto of all who have ..."

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