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- verb transitive To
categorize more than is suitable or necessary.
Etymologies
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over- + categorize
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In my attempts to oversimplify, overcategorize, and overgeneralize, I think I can squish the China FDI debate down into three groups/parts/categories (cliques?): the Bashers, the Apologists, and the Sages.
Chinalyst - China blogs in English chinalawblog 2010
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