Overidentify

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To identify too much (with another person or thing). intransitive

    "The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother."

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"The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother."

Etymology

From over- + identify.

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