overidentification

English

Etymology

over- +‎ identification

Noun

overidentification (uncountable)

1. A case of overidentifying with something.
   • 2007 July 22, Caroline Weber, “Long Time Passing”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     As a biographer myself, I know a little something about overidentification with one’s subject, but I wish Ardizzone had picked a more appealing quality to emulate.