overidentification

== English == === Etymology === From over- +‎ identification. === Noun === overidentification (usually uncountable, plural overidentifications) A case of overidentifying with something. Antonym: underidentification 1974 March 30, Ann Landers, quoted in 1974 April 13, Barbara Piccirilli, "Landerslander", in Gay Community News, page 1: Homosexuality is caused by over-identification with a parent of the opposite sex. This means that a male homosexual relates more to his mother, and the female homosexual relates to her father.