over-elaboration
noun[U]
formal(alsooverelaboration)uk/ˌəʊ.vər.i.læb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.i.læb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/theadditionof too muchinformation, too muchcarefuldetail, or too manydetailedparts:
In myopinion, his newsongsuffersfrom over-elaboration.
Shemanagestoavoidanyliteraryoverelaboration.
- He isconfidentenough to write with adirectprosethatneedsno over-elaboration.
- Muchartnouveautendstowards over-elaboration.
- She is asuccinctwriterwhopreferseconomicandpreciseexpressionto overelaboration.
- Somepeoplesay theprimeministerisproneto over-elaboration.
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- abstract
- anti-reductionism
- anti-reductionist
- broad brush
- broaden
- enlarge
- enlarge on/uponsomething
- expand
- expand onsomething
- expansively
- overgeneralization
- overgeneralize
- oversimplification
- oversimplify
- predigested
- specificity
- specify
- split hairsidiom
- standardization
- standardize