overintellectualized

English

Verb

overintellectualized

1. simple past and past participle of overintellectualize
   • 2002, Norman Cliff, John Augustus Keats, Ordinal Measurement in the Behavioral Sciences:

     It is not unreasonable to argue that the field has been overintellectualized in that many of the representations are based on matrix algebra, latent trait theory, and . . .

Adjective

overintellectualized (comparative more overintellectualized, superlative most overintellectualized)

1. Treated in an excessively intellectual manner

References

• OED 2004 (online)