overperceive
verbEtymology From over- + perceive.
1
To perceive to a greater degree than actually exists.
- In the United States, the assessment of threat emanating from Iraq was almost certainly overperceived.2007, Greg Cashman, Leonard C. Robinson, An introduction to the causes of war, page 378:
- Antonyms
- underperceive
- Related terms
- overperception