overactive imagination

collocation in English

meaningsofoveractiveandimagination

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overactive
adjective
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/ˌəʊ.vərˈæk.tɪv/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈæk.tɪv/
(of part of the body) producing too much of a substance, or reacting ...
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imagination
noun
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/ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪˌmædʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the ability to form pictures in ...
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(Definition ofoveractiveandimaginationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He believes this due to his constantlyoveractiveimagination.
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The police think that her story is the product of anoveractiveimagination.
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On one fateful night, hisoveractiveimaginationgets the better of him.
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Hisoveractiveimaginationand his narcissistic personality are his weak points.
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After only two cartoons, the character was redesigned into an identifiable black boy with anoveractiveimagination.
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The forces of the universe working to bring about total chaos are counteracted by this boy'soveractiveimagination.
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Instead, they think she has anoveractiveimaginationand is just overreacting to the graveyard located near the house.
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Likewise, a story must be somewhat realistic or familiar to please the imagination, and anoveractiveimaginationcan result in delusional belief.
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She clearly possessed anoveractiveimagination, fuelled by years of reading trashy novels, and her bizarre flights of fantasy made her a bit of an outsider.
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They attribute the vision to anoveractiveimagination, and intend to hold a media event to halt the rumours that are already flitting through the population.
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