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overintellectualize
verb[ T ]
(alsoover-intellectualize); (UK usually over-intellectualise)uk /ˌəʊ.vər.ɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.ə.laɪz/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.ə.laɪz/
to think about or discuss a subject in a way that is too detailed and involves too much mental effort, without involving any emotions or feelings:
He then over-intellectualises and over-claims the results without ever defining the terms he uses.
I would be the first to agree that problems can be overintellectualized.
Their analysis was dismissed by some as over-intellectualising racism.
He complains both of an over-intellectualised explanation of modern trends and also of a related suppression of some basic questions.
Their music was a reaction against what many perceived as the overintellectualized and emotionally empty style that had dominated for decades.
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