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overdetermination /over·de·ter·mi·na·tion/ (-de-ter″mĭ-na´shun) the concept that every dream, disorder, aspect of behavior, or other emotional reaction or symptom has multiple causative factors.

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In psychoanalytic theory, the concept that multiple causes collaborate to produce a single behavior, emotion, mental symptom, or dream.

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No references found			But the extreme overdetermination of the icon he has fashioned results in a collapse of meanings, so that for his baffled audience the organ on his knife stands for nothing more than itself--a piece of bleeding meat. Murder after Death: Literature and Anatomy in Early Modern England by Neill, Michael / Shakespeare Studies She waxes on the metaphorical powers of birds and nests such that these symbols become absurd through overdetermination (in two middle chapters nearly everything becomes ornithological). Reverie and reverence by Ganis, William V. / Afterimage Lassry treads carefully between the generic (or cliched, or archetypal) and the specific; he exposes unspoken codes governing the ways in which a photograph is constructed, how a subject is framed, and tweaks it toward overdetermination. Elad Lassry: Cherry and Martin by Holte, Michael Ned / Artforum International			oven-dry over at the knees over sticking over the counter over the counter medications over the hooks over-refraction over-the-counter over-the-counter (OTC) over-the-counter drug overaction overactive bladder overanxious disorder overbilling overbite overcheck overclosure overcoat overcoding overcompensation overconditioned overcontour overcorrection overcrowding overdenture overdetermination overdominance overdosage overdose overdrive overdrive suppression overeat overeating overeruption overexertion overexposure overexpress overextended overextension overfeed overfeeding overfilled overflow overflow aminoaciduria overflow incontinence overflow proteinuria overgrafting overgrazing overgrown overgrowth overgrowth syndrome			overcurrent relay overcut overcutting machine overdamp Overdamping Overdamping Overdamping Overdare overdaring Overdate overdates overdating Overdeal overdeepening overdelicacy overdelicate Overdelighted overdenture overdependence overdependent Overdepreciate Overdepreciates Overdepreciating overdepreciation Overdeprectiated overdesign overdetermination overdetermine overdevelop overdevelop overdevelop overdeveloped overdeveloped overdeveloped overdeveloping overdeveloping overdeveloping overdevelopment overdevelopment overdevelopment overdevelops overdevelops overdevelops overdeviate overdid overdid overdid it overdid it overdid things overdid things Overdight Overdispersed Generalized Linear Model overdo overdo overdo overdo it overdo it

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