overconcern
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editoverconcern (uncountable)
- excessive concern
- October 1967, Vladimir Nabokov, interview with Herbert Gold in Paris Review
- Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing, we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and the journalistic generalities we all know.
- October 1967, Vladimir Nabokov, interview with Herbert Gold in Paris Review
Verb
editoverconcern (third-person singular simple present overconcerns, present participle overconcerning, simple past and past participle overconcerned)
- (transitive) To concern excessively.
- Don't overconcern yourself with small details.