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Overintellectualized vs Overintellectualised - What's the difference?

overintellectualized | overintellectualised |

As verbs the difference between overintellectualized and overintellectualised

is that overintellectualized is past tense of overintellectualize while overintellectualised is past tense of overintellectualise.

As an adjective overintellectualized

is treated in an excessively intellectual manner.

overintellectualized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (overintellectualize)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Treated in an excessively intellectual manner
  • * 2002 Norman Cliff, John Augustus Keats - Ordinal Measurement in the Behavioral Sciences
    • It is not unreasonable to argue that the field has been overintellectualized in that many of the representations are based on matrix algebra, latent trait theory, and . . .

    References

    * OED 2004 (online)

    overintellectualised

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (overintellectualise)

    • overintellectualise

    English

    Verb

    (overintellectualis)