overinsist en · VERB
Etymology
over- + insist
Meanings
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To insist too strongly.
It would be impossible to overinsist on the importance of this talent for social life.
2010, Ernest Becker, Birth and Death of Meaning:So powerful is our fear of uncertainty and chaos that we sometimes overinsist upon order, to the point of ennui in sensibility, and of fallacy in thought and perception.
2012, Robert Beum, Karl Shapiro, The Prosody Handbook: A Guide to Poetic Form, page 75:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overinsisting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overinsisted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overinsisted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overinsists | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
es insistir demasiado (Translations)