oversignify en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + signify.
Meanings
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To have or be ascribed too much meaning or importance.
It is one thing for woman to offer her body to man's scopophilic gaze, but quite another to oversignify male desire by covering her nature and her sexual being with a masquerade of femininity.
1992, Valeria Finucci, The Lady Vanishes: Subjectivity and Representation in Castiglione and Ariosto:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| oversignifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| oversignifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| oversignified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| oversignified | Tense=Past | lexicographic |