Medical Dictionary

overidentification

noun over·iden·ti·fi·ca·tion \-ī-ˌdent-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən\

Medical Definition of OVERIDENTIFICATION

:  excessive psychological identification <overidentification with his father>
over·iden·ti·fy \-ī-ˈdent-ə-ˌfī\ intransitive verb, over·iden·ti·fied over·iden·ti·fy·ing

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