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overemphasis

[ oh-ver-em-fuh-sis ]

noun

  1. excessive or undue emphasis.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ···󲹳· [oh-ver-em-, fat, -ik], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overemphasis1

First recorded in 1895–1900; over- + emphasis
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While California Latinos have essentially been clamoring for the equivalent of a Marshall Plan to build the economy for the state’s largest ethnic group, the political overemphasis on those here illegally continues unabated.

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Listing these catch-up details reveals the introductory episodes’ overemphasis on the situation instead of leaning into the comedy of it all.

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Perhaps because of our overemphasis on differences – especially political – we’ve lost a sense of interdependency between different communities.

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“I think that actually goes part and parcel with some of the overemphasis on these big highway widening projects.”

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"Dirty fuel, the overemphasis on external markers of achievement," she says, "over time is going to clog up your kid's engine."

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