What does overconcern mean?
Overconcern means excessive concern.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
excessive concern.
October 1967, Vladimir Nabokov, interview with Herbert Gold in Paris Review Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing, we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and the journalistic generalities we all know.
Don't overconcern yourself with small details.
Use overconcern when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overconcern means excessive concern.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
October 1967, Vladimir Nabokov, interview with Herbert Gold in Paris Review Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing, we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and the journalistic generalities we all know.
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