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Definition of Overemphasize
1. Verb. Place special or excessive emphasis on. "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"
Generic synonyms: Amplify, Exaggerate, Hyperbolise, Hyperbolize, Magnify, Overdraw, Overstate
Definition of Overemphasize
1. Verb. To place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overemphasize
1. [v -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overemphasize
Literary usage of Overemphasize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Political Economy by Thomas Nixon Carver (1919)
"It is also easy to overemphasize the tremendous productivity of certain tropical
regions and to forget that they produce the enemies as well as the friends ..."
2. Cleveland School Survey: Summary Volume by Leonard Porter Ayres, Cleveland Foundation Survey Committee (1917)
"Certain schools overemphasize speed in writing, while others overemphasize
perfection of form. In arithmetic, some sixth grades fall below the fifth grades ..."
3. Principles of Political Economy by Thomas Nixon Carver (1919)
"It is easy to overemphasize the bodily comfort of living in a warm as opposed to
... It is also easy to overemphasize the tremendous productivity of certain ..."
4. Principles of National Economy by Thomas Nixon Carver (1921)
"It is easy to overemphasize the bodily comfort of living in a warm as opposed to
... It is also easy to overemphasize the tremendous productivity of certain ..."
5. Measuring the Work of the Public Schools by Charles Hubbard Judd (1916)
"Certain schools overemphasize speed in writing, while others overemphasize
perfection of form. In arithmetic, some sixth grades fall below the fifth grade ..."
6. Elementary Economics by Thomas Nixon Carver (1920)
"It is easy to overemphasize the bodily comfort of living in a ... It is also easy
to overemphasize the tremendous productivity of certain tropical regions ..."
7. Publication by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.), Cleveland Foundation Survey Committee, Emergency Conservation Committee (U.S.) (1916)
"Certain schools overemphasize speed in writing, while others overemphasize
perfection of form. In arithmetic, some sixth grades fall below the fifth grade ..."
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