overattribute

To attribute too much.

Verb

  1. To attribute too much.
    • “At such times, executives can overattribute their company’s strong performance to their own actions and abilities, rather than to the buoyant economy,” he said. - 2007 June 9, Paul B. Brown, “In Corporations They Don’t...

    Antonyms: underattribute

Origin

From over- + attribute.

Forms

overattributes overattributing overattributed

Derived

overattribution

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