overlearnedadj.

(in sense 1)Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈləːnᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈlərnəd/ (in sense 2)Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈləːnd/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈlərnd/

Forms: see over- prefix and learned adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, learned adj.

Etymology: < over- prefix + learned adj. Compare earlier overlearnedness n. and later overlearn v.

1. Excessively learned or well-educated; too scholarly or academic.

ΚΠ

1713 Ld. Shaftesbury Notion Hist. Draught Judgm. Hercules v. 37 The compleatly imitative and illusive Art of Painting..must of necessity abandon whatever is over-learned, humorous, or witty; to maintain herself in what is natural, credible, and winning of our Assent.

1826 N. Amer. Rev. July 4 Plowden may well be suspected of the same overlearned zeal.

1846 H. W. Herbert Roman Traitor I. p. x I have sedulously avoided being overlearned;..few Latin words will be found in the work.

1857 L. F. Thomas Cortez the Conqueror Prol. That o'erlabored and o'erlearned page Which..knows no merit save antiquity.

1991 Sight & Sound Oct. 12/3 Jarman casts the king's homosexual lovers, Gaveston and Spencer, not as overlearned, smart young men..but as very rough trade indeed.

2. Psychology and Education. That has been learned to a point where a response becomes instinctive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > learning impairment > [adjective] > learned excessively

overlearned1918

1918 E. C. Tolman in Psychol. Monogr. 25 i. 48 The first hypothesis would assume that this longer time corresponded to relatively more just supraliminal and relatively fewer ‘over-learned’ associations.

1953 H. Schuell Aphasia Theory (1974) x. 203 Using some of the highly over-learned automaticisms of speech often produces this result quickly.

1993 K. S. Robinson Green Mars (new ed.) 377 There were parts of his inner speech which were composed almost entirely of old clichés, coming no doubt from what Michel called ‘overlearned’ activities in his past, which had so permeated his mind that they had survived the damage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overlearned
释义	overlearnedadj. (in sense 1)Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈləːnᵻd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈlərnəd/ (in sense 2)Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈləːnd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈlərnd/ Forms: see over- prefix and learned adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, learned adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + learned adj. Compare earlier overlearnedness n. and later overlearn v. 1. Excessively learned or well-educated; too scholarly or academic. ΚΠ 1713 Ld. Shaftesbury Notion Hist. Draught Judgm. Hercules v. 37 The compleatly imitative and illusive Art of Painting..must of necessity abandon whatever is over-learned, humorous, or witty; to maintain herself in what is natural, credible, and winning of our Assent. 1826 N. Amer. Rev. July 4 Plowden may well be suspected of the same overlearned zeal. 1846 H. W. Herbert Roman Traitor I. p. x I have sedulously avoided being overlearned;..few Latin words will be found in the work. 1857 L. F. Thomas Cortez the Conqueror Prol. That o'erlabored and o'erlearned page Which..knows no merit save antiquity. 1991 Sight & Sound Oct. 12/3 Jarman casts the king's homosexual lovers, Gaveston and Spencer, not as overlearned, smart young men..but as very rough trade indeed. 2. Psychology and Education. That has been learned to a point where a response becomes instinctive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > learning impairment > [adjective] > learned excessively overlearned1918 1918 E. C. Tolman in Psychol. Monogr. 25 i. 48 The first hypothesis would assume that this longer time corresponded to relatively more just supraliminal and relatively fewer ‘over-learned’ associations. 1953 H. Schuell Aphasia Theory (1974) x. 203 Using some of the highly over-learned automaticisms of speech often produces this result quickly. 1993 K. S. Robinson Green Mars (new ed.) 377 There were parts of his inner speech which were composed almost entirely of old clichés, coming no doubt from what Michel called ‘overlearned’ activities in his past, which had so permeated his mind that they had survived the damage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1713
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