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overconstruct

verb

Etymology

From over- + construct.

  1. borrowed from cōnstrūctus
  2. prefixed as overconstruct — “over + construct”

Definitions

  1. To place too great a construction upon

    To place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate.

    • The first is a caveat against the tendency to overconstruct a link between patterns of urban dwelling and cultural practices in South Africa.
    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA