overorganize

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ organize.

Verb

overorganize (third-person singular simple present overorganizes, present participle overorganizing, simple past and past participle overorganized)

1. (transitive) To organize in too much detail.
2. (intransitive) To become too politically or socially cohesive and stuctured.
   • 1989 December 24, “Queers For Years”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 24, page 10:

     As the decade wore on, the sexy/anarchist "attitude" wore down […] and the mail became dominated by gay press releases from organizations and gay businesses. Maybe we over-organized, and stifled the poetry.