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
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
Each one of the elements of the dream content is overdetermined by the matter of the dream thoughts; it is not derived from one element of these thoughts, but from a whole series.
From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund
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