What does oversignify mean?
Oversignify means To have or be ascribed too much meaning or importance..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To have or be ascribed too much meaning or importance..
It is one thing for woman to offer her body to man's scopophilic gaze, but quite another to oversignify male desire by covering her nature and her sexual being with a masquerade of femininity.
Use oversignify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Oversignify means To have or be ascribed too much meaning or importance..
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It is one thing for woman to offer her body to man's scopophilic gaze, but quite another to oversignify male desire by covering her nature and her sexual being with a masquerade of femininity.
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