"overmodernize" meaning in English

See overmodernize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: overmodernizes [present, singular, third-person], overmodernizing [participle, present], overmodernized [participle, past], overmodernized [past]
Etymology: over- + modernize Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|modernize}} over- + modernize Head templates: {{en-verb}} overmodernize (third-person singular simple present overmodernizes, present participle overmodernizing, simple past and past participle overmodernized)
  1. To modernize excessively.
    Sense id: en-overmodernize-en-verb-MzaeNwXk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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