Home › Words › O › overlexicalizationoverlexicalizationoverlexicalization means the creation and use of many words or lexical items for a single entity or concept.EtymologyFrom over- + lexicalization.nounThe creation and use of many words or lexical items for a single entity or concept.e.g.“Near-synonym: polyonymy”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).