overintellectualize
verb
over·in·tel·lec·tu·al·ize
| \ ˌō-vər-ˌin-tə-ˈlek-chə-wə-ˌlīz
, -chə-ˌlīz, -shwə-ˌlīz, -chü(-ə)-ˌlīz\
, -chə-ˌlīz, -shwə-ˌlīz, -chü(-ə)-ˌlīz\
overintellectualized;
overintellectualizing
Definition of overintellectualize
: to intellectualize (something) to an excessive degree
tends to overintellectualize emotions What drives us food writers to overthink and overintellectualize what is, in essence, a plastic cup of sugar and ice?— Kevin Pang
Other Words from overintellectualize
overintellectualization
\ ˌō-vər-ˌin-tə-ˌlek-chə-wə-lə-ˈzā-shən
, -chə-lə- , -shwə-lə- , -chü(-ə)-lə- \
noun,
plural overintellectualizations
, -chə-lə- , -shwə-lə- , -chü(-ə)-lə- \
noun,
plural overintellectualizations
… the overintellectualization of wine, the fussiness, the obsessiveness with silly adjectives …
— Jonathan Reynolds
After all my overintellectualizations on addictions, how corny that the answer's been one infomercial away.
— Susan Shapiro
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