单词 | overestimation |
释义 | overestimationn. The action or an act of overestimating something; an overestimate. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > overestimation or overrating overweening1554 over-cessing1611 overvaluing1612 overvaluation1622 overrating1651 overestimation1808 fetishization1934 1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife I. xix. 275 An over-estimation of character..is an infirmity from which even worthy men are not exempt. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 284 Selfishness, and an over-estimation of money..show their ugly faces in the midst of the lovely conceptions of poetry and art. 1933 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 39 236 An underestimation of their strength is as misleading as an overestimation. 1968 Times 2 Dec. 17/2 The method will lead to an overestimation of age. 1993 Jrnl. Philos. 90 445 Jacques Derrida's overestimation of the cultural importance of philosophy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808 |
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