overdivergence

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From over- +‎ divergence.

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overdivergence (uncountable)

  1. A divergence to an excessive degree.
    • 2007, Christina Matta, The science of small things: the botanical context of German bacteriology, 1830-1920[1]:
      An awareness began to grow that an overdivergence of disciplines had taken place, and that botany had lost its sense of unity.