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Meaning of "overassertion" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERASSERTION

overassertion  [ˌəʊvərəˈsɜːʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERASSERTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overassertion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVERASSERTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overassertion in the English dictionary

The definition of overassertion in the dictionary is assertion of something to an excessive or unnecessary degree.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERASSERTION


aspersion
əˈspɜːʃən
assertion
əˈsɜːʃən
aversion
əˈvɜːʃən
coercion
kəʊˈɜːʃən
conversion
kənˈvɜːʃən
disconcertion
ˌdɪskənˈsɜːʃən
dispersion
dɪˈspɜːʃən
diversion
daɪˈvɜːʃən
excursion
ɪkˈskɜːʃən
exsertion
ɛkˈsɜːʃən
immersion
ɪˈmɜːʃən
insertion
ɪnˈsɜːʃən
inversion
ɪnˈvɜːʃən
lacertian
ləˈsɜːʃən
Persian
ˈpɜːʃən
reassertion
ˌriːəˈsɜːʃən
reinsertion
ˌriːɪnˈsɜːʃən
seroconversion
ˌsɪərəʊkənˈvɜːʃən
subversion
səbˈvɜːʃən
version
ˈvɜːʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERASSERTION

overamplified
overanalyse
overanalysis
overanalytical
overanalyze
overanxiety
overanxious
overapt
overarch
overarching
overarm
overarousal
overarrange
overassert
overassertive
overate
overattention
overattentive
overawe
overawed

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERASSERTION

abortion
accreditation
anti-abortion
apportion
barrel distortion
contortion
desertion
disproportion
distortion
extortion
harmonic distortion
overexertion
overproportion
portion
postabortion
preportion
proportion
reapportion
retortion
selective abortion
self-assertion

Synonyms and antonyms of overassertion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overassertion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERASSERTION

Find out the translation of overassertion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overassertion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overassertion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overassertion
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overassertion
570 millions of speakers

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overassertion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overassertion
380 millions of speakers
ar

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280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overassertion
278 millions of speakers

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overassertion
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overassertion
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overassertion
220 millions of speakers

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Overassertion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overassertion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overassertion
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overassertion
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overassertion
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

overassertion
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overassertion
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Overassertion
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overassertion
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overassertion
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overassertion
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overassertion
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overassertion
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

overassertion
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overassertion
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

overassertion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overassertion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overassertion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERASSERTION»

The term «overassertion» is used very little and occupies the 175.235 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERASSERTION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overassertion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERASSERTION»

Discover the use of overassertion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overassertion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
The overassertion of the group is no less a tyranny than the overassertion of an individual. The essay's concluding hexameter is a pathetic tribute to a heroism that never was because it never could have been. The final chapter of the thesis ...
G. P. Goold, 1972
2
Theology and Sanity:
That central point isthe overassertion ofself.Suffering cancome to usin a thousand guises: the element commonto them all,the element thereforewhich constitutes suffering assuch, is that something is happening to uswhich we intensely dislike.
Frank Sheed, Catholic Way Publishing, 2014
3
Readings in Arab Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures
Arab overassertion and exaggeration and British tact and understatement. THE TWO LEVELS OF LIFE Everybody has at least two selves: the person he thinks he has to be and the person he would like to be. We all have what psychologists  ...
Abdulla M. Lutfiyya, Charles W. Churchill, 1970
4
Kant and the Ethics of Humility: A Story of Dependence, ...
The ultimate story of evil hence leaves room for a story of the overassertion of self that is not a social phenomenon. There are violations of the moral law which are not violation of others' rights, and this makes sense within Kant's larger ...
Jeanine Grenberg, 2005
5
Ethics: an Introduction to Moral Philosophy
Niebuhr sees human life as tending both to assertion and overassertion. The limitation of cynicism is its preoccupation with the destructiveness of overassertion and with 'realistic' restraints upon aggression and power. The limitation of modern ...
William Augustus Banner, 1968
6
Understanding your patient
OVERASSERTION Mr. R.'s problem is centered in a personality disturbance which arises from failure to harness his aggressive feelings sufficiently. Mr. R. is an overassertive individual whose boiling point is very low and who sees red a fair ...
Samuel Liebman, 1957
7
The American Way of War: Guided Missiles, Misguided Men, and ...
Like the Bush White House, the overassertion of executive power by Kissinger and Nixon was accompanied before too long by acts of contempt for the Constitution. “Kissinger wiretapped at least a dozen—perhaps more—of his closest ...
Eugene Jarecki, 2008
8
Looking Away: Phenomenality and Dissatisfaction, Kant to Adorno
... it has scarcely been acknowledged by theoretical consideration; only Valéry pursued ideas that are at least related. Fireworks are apparition. 44. De Man's theory of the inherent overassertion of position offers one way to understand the ...
Rei Terada, 2009
9
The Making of American Liberal Theology: Crisis, Irony, and ...
... of excellence; inability to respect the boundaries of privacy; sentimentality, gossipy sociability, and mistrust of reason.”136 In brief, the sins of women usually derived from self-negation or an underdeveloped self, not an overassertion of self .
Gary J. Dorrien, 2006
10
Coexisting Contemporary Civilizations: Arabo-Muslim, ...
Shouby tells us that Arabic is characterized by "general vagueness of Thought", " overassertion and exaggeration" as well as by "overemphasis on linguistic signs" . Charles A. Ferguson ("Religious Factors in Language Spread", in: R.L. Cooper,  ...
Guy Ankerl, 2000

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Overassertion [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/overassertion>. Apr 2024 ».
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