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overidentify

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Etymology

From over- + identify.

Verb

overidentify (third-person singular simple present overidentifies, present participle overidentifying, simple past and past participle overidentified)

  1. (intransitive) To identify too much (with another person or thing).
    Antonym: underidentify
    The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother.

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