overdeliberation

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ deliberate +‎ -ion.

Noun

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overdeliberation (uncountable)

  1. Deliberating too much.
    • 1908, American Motherhood - Volume 26; Volume 43[1], page 422:
      The other a conservative, sensory child with a tendency to overdeliberation.
    • 1913, William Alanson White, The Modern Treatment of Nervous and Mental Diseases[2]:
      His behavior is characterized by overdeliberation and extreme caution.
    • 2011, Allan Brown, Nileism: The Strange Course of the Blue Nile[3], →ISBN:
      This, however, only encouraged in the quartet a strain of overdeliberation.