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overrefinement


  • n  the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

  • Their research indicated that the tremendous increase in heart disease deaths might be due to overrefinement of foodsthe polishing of rice, removal of vitamin values from .
  • If Twain suffered from a certain crudity of sensibility, James's defect was overrefinement.

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