overidentification
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From over- + identification.
Noun
[edit]overidentification (uncountable)
- A case of overidentifying with something.
- 1974 March 30, Ann Landers, quoted in 1974 April 13, Barbara Piccirilli, "Landerslander", in Gay Community News, page 1:
- Homosexuality is caused by over-identification with a parent of the opposite sex. This means that a male homosexual relates more to his mother, and the female homosexual relates to her father.
- 2007 July 22, Caroline Weber, “Long Time Passing”, in New York Times[1]:
- As a biographer myself, I know a little something about overidentification with one’s subject, but I wish Ardizzone had picked a more appealing quality to emulate.
- 1974 March 30, Ann Landers, quoted in 1974 April 13, Barbara Piccirilli, "Landerslander", in Gay Community News, page 1: