It means to give more weight, attention or importance to something than is called for.
He overemphasize on his test today.
No. Neither overemphasize or overemphasis use hyphens.
Aggrandised, embellished, exaggerated, amplified...
"Prone to exaggerate" means someone who has a tendency to overemphasize or overstate things, making them seem more dramatic or extreme than they really are.
exaggerate : to inflate or overemphasize an attribute or accomplishment
Ecological theories
They overemphasize the importance of one aspect of a culture and exclude other important aspects
Using the first half of a speech to argue against only the first point of a fourteen point proposal overemphasizes the first point.
the fundamental attribution error.
No. The US is controlled by the Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch, and the Executive Branch. There are many lobbies that wield a lot of control, but no lobby controls the US. Furthermore, only bigots tend to overemphasize the amount of power that Jewish Lobby groups have.
Exaggerate, amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, fudge, heighten, hike, inflate, lay it on thick, lie, magnify, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overemphasize, pad, play up, puff
The best possible advice: go to some Nar-Anon meetings. You need to understand where he's coming from, and also what you can expect on your side of the deal. The folks at Nar-Anon can help tremendously. If there are no meetings near you, try Al-Anon instead.We cannot overemphasize how important this is.See the links below.