Home › Words › O › overduplicationoverduplicationoverduplication means excessive duplication.EtymologyFrom over- + duplication.nounExcessive duplicationDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hyperduplication 70% match — Excessive duplication (typically of centrosomes) vs overduplication →duplicacy 69% match — duplication; the state of being duplicated, or having a redundant copy vs overduplication →misduplication 68% match — incorrect duplication vs overduplication →duplation 67% match — doubling vs overduplication →conduplication 67% match — doubling vs overduplication →duplication 66% match — The act of duplicating. vs overduplication →overspecification 65% match — Excessive specification vs overduplication →duplicatively 64% match — In a duplicative manner vs overduplication →