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Definition of Overestimation
1. Noun. An appraisal that is too high.
Generic synonyms: Appraisal, Estimate, Estimation
Derivative terms: Overestimate, Overestimate, Overestimate, Overestimate, Overvalue
2. Noun. A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.
Generic synonyms: Approximation, Estimate, Estimation, Idea
Derivative terms: Overestimate, Overestimate, Overrate
Definition of Overestimation
1. Noun. An excessive estimation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overestimation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overestimation
Literary usage of Overestimation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple, ( (1915)
"Since 20, or more than one-quarter TABLE 142 overestimation of Ihe Vocabulary Index.
Seventy College Students (Whipple) ..."
2. Three Contributions to the Sexual Theory by Sigmund Freud (1910)
"overestimation of the Internal Genitals.—That sexual excitement can be to a
considerable extent independent of the production of sexual substance seems to ..."
3. The University of Chicago Contributions to Philosophy by University of Chicago (1897)
"OBSERVATIONS ON THE overestimation OF VERTICAL AS COMPARED WITH HORIZONTAL
LINES.1 ALBERT F. BUCK, AM The experiments here reported were undertaken with the ..."
4. Experimental Psychology: A Manual of Laboratory Practice by Edward Bradford Titchener (1901)
"41); (2) the overestimation of vertical as compared with horizontal distances (constant
illusion of extent); and (3) the overestimation of filled space ..."
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