overrefinement
overrefinement · overrefinements
Excessive refinementExcessive refinement.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Excessive refinement.
More definitions
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Origin
From over- + refinement.From over- + refinement.
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Forms
plural: overrefinements| Singular | overrefinement |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean:distortionstrainingtorturetwisting
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedoverrefine
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable