overdetermined
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overdetermined
First recorded in 1915–20; over- + determined
Example Sentences
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When I first encountered this quote in a posting on X, I found it so overdetermined that I thought it must be apocryphal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024
As for Picasso, look for his famously overdetermined meditation on the mythological underpinnings of life when it includes both wife and mistress, “La Minotauromachie,” 1935.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
But as the Framers could have warned you, a nation that was dreamed up chiefly by lawyers was almost overdetermined to be run into the ground by them one day.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2023
In times as unnerving and overdetermined as these, pure chaos might be the only rational response.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
It is further overdetermined in an infantile way.
From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by J. Sadger
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