overdetermined

American  

[oh-ver-di-tur-mind] / ˌoʊ vər dɪˈtɜr mɪnd /

adjective

1. excessively or unduly determined. determined.

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Etymology

Origin of overdetermined

First recorded in 1915–20; over- + determined

Example Sentences

The kids, tyro musicians, are trying to learn the David Bowie-Queen classic, “Under Pressure,” which Mr. Cooper and his two fellow writers, Mr. Arnett and Mark Chappell, build into a somewhat overdetermined commentary on their parents: “Why can’t we give love one more chance?”

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From Slate

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

From Slate

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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