overidentify

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To identify too much (with another person or thing).

   The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother.

Similar words

relate self-identify reidentify identify align overhumanize overinternalize anthropomorphize put one's finger on recognize

Often followed by

with the children

Word family

overidentified overidentifies overidentifying