overidentify
verb
over·iden·ti·fy
| \ ˌō-vər-ī-ˈden-tə-ˌfī
, -ə-\
, -ə-\
overidentified;
overidentifying
Definition of overidentify
1
transitive + intransitive
: to engage in excessive or inappropriate psychological identification
a therapist overidentifying with a client The danger of overidentifying with animals, particularly carnivores, is that it leads people to expect human behavior of them.— Dana Goodyear [Russell] Moore worries that conservative Evangelicals have overidentified themselves not just with the particular political salvation tale of the GOP, but with old-school "American family values" as a sign of godliness.— Ed Kilgore
2
transitive
: to identify (something or someone) excessively and often incorrectly
the brain's tendency to overidentify faces in random shapes
Other Words from overidentify
overidentification
\ ˌō-vər-ī-ˌden-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən
, -ə- \
noun
, -ə- \
noun
Overidentification with the child client can undermine parents …
— Annette Shore
… the overidentification of some students of some backgrounds as having particular disabilities.
— Nirvi Shah
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