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- verb intransitive To
identify too much (with another person or thing).
Etymologies
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Examples
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I expect any candidate who wants my vote to not only not "overidentify" with Sharpton, but to refuse to have anything to do with the man.
"If he overidentifies with Sharpton, he looks like he’s only a black candidate." Ann Althouse 2007
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When you pinpoint fear as major factor, I have to agree, and it is fear that one may be wrong about something (especially if we overidentify with it) that is the most fearsome thing.
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Unless I am overidentify with some of them, of course.
If you hate Uke's, then you hate me: disgusting, stereotypical, submissive femme I am. Elizabeth McClung 2009
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Also, people tend to overidentify with products they buy.
Hate Your Job? 2008
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Chavez is an old paratrooper -- like me, so I do overidentify with him sometimes -- and he takes risks.
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Failed writers tend to overidentify with the organization, as it allows them to pretend to still be in the business.
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Given the topic under discussion, I think it's amusing that I totally overidentify with this post!
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2007
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Because she did not overidentify with the role of mother, she was not overfocused on her kids.
Parenting by the Book John Rosemond 2007
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It's all very jolly, but it is entirely possible, I suppose, that some parents will overidentify with the whole thing, will forget that they are in fact the adults and not the children.
The Wifely Duty 2003
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It's all very jolly, but it is entirely possible, I suppose, that some parents will overidentify with the whole thing, will forget that they are in fact the adults and not the children.
The Wifely Duty 2003
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