Overillustration

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive illustration. uncountable

    "There is no rule limiting the number of illustrations that may be used in a publication of the Geological Survey, but in selecting illustrations for a report an author may easily fall into the error of overillustration."

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"There is no rule limiting the number of illustrations that may be used in a publication of the Geological Survey, but in selecting illustrations for a report an author may easily fall into the error of overillustration."

Etymology

From over- + illustration.

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