overdetermined

[oh-ver-di-tur-mind]

adjective

1. excessively or unduly determined. determined.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overdetermined¹

First recorded in 1915–20; over- + determined

Example Sentences

But the decision to accept this as true is a ceding of ground that is not inevitable, or irrevocable, or constitutionally overdetermined.

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What it emphatically cannot mean is acceding to powerlessness in the face of a bunch of institutions that are working to make it seem as if their omnipotence is inevitable, or irrevocable, or constitutionally overdetermined.

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Indeed, this seems to be one of the major themes of the novel — from the willing, or willful, division of the self into mind and body; to the division of secure and insecure academic labor; to overdetermined notions of East and West.

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As it stands, the characterization is thin, the motivations are overdetermined, and the Colony’s endurance demands too steep a suspense of disbelief.

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Scheduled to premiere Jan. 15 on Netflix, the series promises a glossy blend of culinary escapades, celebrity cameos and sunlit glimpses of The Duchess of Sussex’s life in Montecito — but the reaction to its trailer has been swift and cutting, a barrage of disdain that feels both predictable and overdetermined, as if the mere existence of the show is some kind of affront.

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