Overintellectualize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To treat something in an excessively intellectual manner. transitive

    "Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art."

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"Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art."

Etymology

From over- + intellectualize.

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