Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overemphasize .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Examples
-
Mr. Corbeil's lawyer, Michel Grenier, will argue that Judge Coupal "overemphasized" the exemplary nature of the sentence in an effort to persuade others in the political world to learn from Mr. Corbeil's mistakes.
-
Mr. Corbeil's lawyer, Michel Grenier, will argue that Judge Coupal "overemphasized" the exemplary nature of the sentence in an effort to persuade others in the political world to learn from Mr. Corbeil's mistakes.
-
Three decades later, in “Reverse Racism, or How the Pot Got to Call the Kettle Black” (November 1993), Stanley Fish argued forcefully against this concern that the plight of blacks might be overemphasized at the expense of whites.
-
Few are one-note—no nutmeg soup here—but their pumpkin-pie potpourri can be even more intense than a single, overemphasized spice.
-
Specifically, neocon ideas “were used to justify an American foreign policy that overemphasized the use of force and led logically to the Iraq war.”
-
If there's a blind spot here, however, it is in the areas of media and technology, which are overemphasized by both new and old media.
Ari Melber: Malcolm Gladwell Surfaces to Knock Social Media in Egypt
-
When the opponent is doing nothing but attacking you with overemphasized false claims, your defensiveness gives the impression that you under-emphasize them.
-
If there's a blind spot here, however, it is in the areas of media and technology, which are overemphasized by both new and old media.
Ari Melber: Malcolm Gladwell Surfaces to Knock Social Media in Egypt
-
I think a lot of people would read "neutral zone" and think of something like a * safe* zone -- a place where race and gender is acknowledged (or not), but isn't overemphasized or used against anyone.
-
If there's a blind spot here, however, it is in the areas of media and technology, which are overemphasized by both new and old media.
Ari Melber: Malcolm Gladwell Surfaces to Knock Social Media in Egypt
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.