English Explanatory Dictionary

overextension

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being overextended; extension beyond normal, correct, or appropriate bounds or limits.
  2. Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer to all animals.

Word forms

overextension overextensions

Etymology

From over- + extension.

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