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OVEREMPHASIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overemphasis mean?
• OVEREMPHASIS (noun)
The noun OVEREMPHASIS has 1 sense:
1. too much emphasis
Familiarity information: OVEREMPHASIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Too much emphasis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("overemphasis" is a kind of...):
emphasis; vehemence (intensity or forcefulness of expression)
Context examples
Her trained ear detected the weaknesses and exaggerations, the overemphasis of the tyro, and she was instantly aware each time the sentence-rhythm tripped and faltered.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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