overidentify

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ identify

Verb[edit]

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).
    The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother.