Associations to the word «Overextension»

Wiktionary

OVEREXTENSION, noun. The state or quality of being overextended.
OVEREXTENSION, noun. (linguistics) Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer to all animals.

Wise words

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Buddha