overconstruct en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + construct.
Meanings
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(transitive) To place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate.
Very often theorists are prone to overconstruct facts, that is to endow them with greater meaning than is warranted by the observations.
2012, Fritz Zwicky, Morphological Astronomy, page 26:The first is a caveat against the tendency to overconstruct a link between patterns of urban dwelling and cultural practices in South Africa.
1996, Veit Erlmann, Nightsong: Performance, Power, and Practice in South Africa, page 119:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overconstructs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overconstructed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overconstructed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overconstructing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |