Overpersonalize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To attribute the too much of the cause of something to personal decisions and willpower, and not enough to other factors.

    "Putting this approach into action requires resisting our inclination to overpersonalize our role in problems and miss the systemwide issues."

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"Putting this approach into action requires resisting our inclination to overpersonalize our role in problems and miss the systemwide issues."

Etymology

From over- + personalize.

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