overspecialize

English

Alternative forms

(UK) overspecialise

Etymology

over- +‎ specialize

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
Hyphenation: o‧ver‧spe‧cial‧ize

Verb

overspecialize (third-person singular simple present overspecializes, present participle overspecializing, simple past and past participle overspecialized)

To specialize to an excessive degree.
- 1915, E. H. Anderson, “Niagara County: An Account of Its Agriculture and of Its Farm Bureau”, in Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and of the Agricultural Experiment Station, volume II, Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, published 1916, page 2093:
  The tendency to overspecialize is also noticeable in the county. Some farmers are growing fruit to the exclusion of all other crops; some carry the practice a step further and grow only peaches.
- 1953 December, Constant, Robert, “Overspecialization”, in The Michigan Technic‎, volume LXXII, number 3, Ann Arbor, Mich.: College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, ISSN 0026-2471, OCLC 7294160, page 52, column 1:
  The greatest of benefits to be derived from a purposeful college education are an active and lasting intellectual curiosity—a pervading spirit of inquiry—and the ability to think. To attain these goals the student should direct his education in a broad field of study rather than overspecialize in a single subject.
- 1999 February 24, Louis Jacobson, “It's the play and the song that count”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly‎:
  Still, Winn is a savvy observer of intellectual politics, ably dissecting the economic and administrative incentives that encourage academics to overspecialize.

单词	overspecialize
释义	overspecialize English Alternative forms (UK) overspecialise Etymology over- +‎ specialize Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/ (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/ Hyphenation: o‧ver‧spe‧cial‧ize Verb overspecialize (third-person singular simple present overspecializes, present participle overspecializing, simple past and past participle overspecialized) To specialize to an excessive degree. 1915, E. H. Anderson, “Niagara County: An Account of Its Agriculture and of Its Farm Bureau”, in Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and of the Agricultural Experiment Station, volume II, Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, published 1916, page 2093: The tendency to overspecialize is also noticeable in the county. Some farmers are growing fruit to the exclusion of all other crops; some carry the practice a step further and grow only peaches. 1953 December, Constant, Robert, “Overspecialization”, in The Michigan Technic‎, volume LXXII, number 3, Ann Arbor, Mich.: College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, ISSN 0026-2471, OCLC 7294160, page 52, column 1: The greatest of benefits to be derived from a purposeful college education are an active and lasting intellectual curiosity—a pervading spirit of inquiry—and the ability to think. To attain these goals the student should direct his education in a broad field of study rather than overspecialize in a single subject. 1999 February 24, Louis Jacobson, “It's the play and the song that count”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly‎: Still, Winn is a savvy observer of intellectual politics, ably dissecting the economic and administrative incentives that encourage academics to overspecialize.
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