overconcern

Etymology

From over- + concern.

overconcern means excessive concern. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

noun

excessive concern“October 1967, Vladimir Nabokov, interview with Herbert Gold in Paris Review Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing, we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and the journalistic generalities we all know.”

verb

To concern excessively.“Don't overconcern yourself with small details.”