overemphasis

[oh-ver-em-fuh-sis]

noun

1. excessive or undue emphasis.

Other Word Forms

• overemphatic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of overemphasis¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; over- + emphasis

Related Words

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• misrepresentation 
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