overconstruct

English

Etymology

over- +‎ construct

Verb

overconstruct (third-person singular simple present overconstructs, present participle overconstructing, simple past and past participle overconstructed)

(transitive) To place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate.
- 1996, Veit Erlmann, Nightsong: Performance, Power, and Practice in South Africa (page 119)
  The first is a caveat against the tendency to overconstruct a link between patterns of urban dwelling and cultural practices in South Africa.
- 2012, Fritz Zwicky, Morphological Astronomy (page 26)
  Very often theorists are prone to overconstruct facts, that is to endow them with greater meaning than is warranted by the observations.

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overconstruction

单词	overconstruct
释义	overconstruct English Etymology over- +‎ construct Verb overconstruct (third-person singular simple present overconstructs, present participle overconstructing, simple past and past participle overconstructed) (transitive) To place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate. 1996, Veit Erlmann, Nightsong: Performance, Power, and Practice in South Africa (page 119) The first is a caveat against the tendency to overconstruct a link between patterns of urban dwelling and cultural practices in South Africa. 2012, Fritz Zwicky, Morphological Astronomy (page 26) Very often theorists are prone to overconstruct facts, that is to endow them with greater meaning than is warranted by the observations. Related terms overconstruction
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