English

Alternative forms

• overextention

Noun

overextension ‎(countable and uncountable, plural overextensions)

1. The state or quality of being overextended.
   • 2009 February 13, David Brooks, “The Worst-Case Scenario”, in New York Times:

     Other nations sensed American overextension.

2. (linguistics) Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer to all animals.