verb
- to identify too strongly or excessively with someone or something
Usage: psychology
Examples
- The therapist warned against overidentifying with her patients’ problems.
- He tends to overidentify with fictional characters in movies.
- Parents sometimes overidentify with their children’s achievements.
- She realized she was overidentifying with her friend’s relationship issues.
- The counselor learned not to overidentify with clients’ emotional struggles.
- Teachers must be careful not to overidentify with struggling students.