Overrefinement

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive refinement. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean wordnet

Synonyms

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affectationartfulnessartificedistortiondistortionelegance

Etymology

From over- + refinement.

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