overgeneration
English
noun
Definitions
- The generation of too much or too many of something; overproduction.
- (linguistics) The situation where a language user makes excessive use of a word, phrase, or structure.
Etymology
Prefix from English generation.
Origin
English
generation
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Generation X English
- aerogeneration English
- autogeneration English
- biogeneration English
- cogeneration English
- congeneration English
- cybergeneration English
- electrogeneration English
- generation English
- generational English
- generationer English
- generationism English
- generationwide English
- hydrogeneration English
- intergeneration English
- intrageneration English
- microgeneration English
- multigeneration English
- neogeneration English
- photogeneration English
- pregeneration English
- regeneration English
- subgeneration English
- trigeneration English
- generacion Middle French
- generation
- Generation X
- generationer
- generational
- cogeneration
- regeneration
- congeneration
- trigeneration
- generationism
- pregeneration
- biogeneration
- subgeneration
- neogeneration
- autogeneration
- aerogeneration
- generationwide
- intrageneration
- microgeneration
- intergeneration
- photogeneration
- hydrogeneration
- multigeneration
- cybergeneration
- electrogeneration