单词 | overidentify |
释义 | overidentifyv. Chiefly Sociology and Psychology. transitive (in passive). To identify with someone or something else to an excessive degree, esp. to the detriment of one's individuality or objectivity. Also (occasionally) intransitive. ΚΠ 1945 Sociometry 8 387 The temptations..to become over-identified with a patient or relative. 1971 U. K. Le Guin Lathe of Heaven ii. 16 Many patients were either scared of machinery or overidentified with it. 1987 R. Eisler Chalice & Blade (1988) xiii. 189 Women tend to be so overidentified with others that the threatened loss..of an affiliation can be..‘perceived..as..a total loss of self’. 1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 161 Sweetie, you're overidentifying. You can't be sentimental if you're going to maintain a property. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1945 |
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