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overregularize
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English
Etymology
From over- + regularize.
Verb
overregularize (third-person singular simple present overregularizes, present participle overregularizing, simple past and past participle overregularized)
- (linguistics, intransitive) To apply (a rule of language) too widely.
- A child familiar with past tenses formed with "-ed" overregularizes by saying "goed" instead of "went".
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