Associations to the word «Overextension»
Wiktionary
OVEREXTENSION, noun. The state or quality of being overextended.
OVEREXTENSION, noun. (linguistics) Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer to all animals.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.