overdetermined
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overdetermined
First recorded in 1915–20; over- + determined
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025
Do you mind just thinking through the ways in which it’s almost overdetermined that we can’t get control of this because of the constraints of the First Amendment?
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2024
Some of his actions and views strain credulity and feel overdetermined.
From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023
Menopause — that baggy term — is too big, too overdetermined, generating a confusion that makes it especially hard to talk about.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023
It is further overdetermined in an infantile way.
From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.
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