Overconstruct

Quick meaning: Overconstruct is a verb meaning (transitive) To place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate.

Meaning

(transitive) To place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate.

Example Sentences

Very often theorists are prone to overconstruct facts, that is to endow them with greater meaning than is warranted by the observations.

The first is a caveat against the tendency to overconstruct a link between patterns of urban dwelling and cultural practices in South Africa.

Word Forms

• overconstructs
• overconstructing
• overconstructed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overexaggerate, overbuild, hyperexaggerate, overemphasize, overstate, overcolour.

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