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Overextension
The state or quality of being overextended; extension beyond normal, correct, or appropriate bounds or limits.
📖 Definitions of "Overextension"
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being overextended; extension beyond normal, correct, or appropriate bounds or limits.
- 2
Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer to all animals.
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