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Overrefinement

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o·ver·re·fine  (vr-r-fn)
tr.v. o·ver·re·fined, o·ver·re·fin·ing, o·ver·re·fines
To refine beyond a desired or appropriate point.
over·re·fined adj.
over·re·finement n.
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Noun1.overrefinement - the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
twisting, straining, torture, distortion
falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts
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In contrast, in the non-abstract world where the curves of economic policy, politics, and legislation-making intersect, the creation of an inflection point tends to bring with it a discernible amount of overreaction, a palpable amount of overrefinement.
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In fact, on the evidence of such works as the biomorphic carvings from thin stone sheets of the '40s, a sense of the arbitrariness of the individual, freestanding object often led to a degree of overrefinement and finicky composition.
Isamu Noguchi by Schwabsky, Bruce / Artforum International
 
 
 
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