overdeterminedadj.
/ˌəʊvədᵻˈtəːmᵻnd/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərdəˈtərm(ə)nd/, /ˈˌoʊvərdiˈtərm(ə)nd/ Having more determining factors than the minimum necessary; having more than one cause; (Psychoanalysis) giving expression to more than one need or desire.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > [adjective] > expressing multiple desires
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > stimulus-response > need as motivation > [adjective] > more than one
overdetermined1917
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > determined or necessary > overdetermined
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adjective] > exact, accurate > excessively
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overdetermined1969
1917 C. R. Payne tr. O. Pfister Psychoanalytic Method vii. 143 The neurotic symptom has several determining factors, at least two. Therefore, it is called over-determined.
1969 G. S. Jones in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 30 Mass student insurgency is par excellence an ‘overdetermined’ phenomenon.
1993 Capilano Rev. Spring 69 Her poems never read as if they were issuing from a unitary subject or ‘voice,’ but from an overdetermined social space.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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