Overemphasis

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive emphasis. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    too much emphasis wordnet

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"I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to the impairment of ethical values."

Etymology

From over- + emphasis.

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