overextension
nounEtymology From over- + extension.
1
The state or quality of being overextended; extension beyond normal, correct, or appropriate bounds or limits.
- Other nations sensed American overextension.2009 February 13, David Brooks, “The Worst-Case Scenario”, in New York Times:
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer to all animals.
- Coordinate terms
- underextension