noun
oversum
Oversum (noun) means a total effect that is greater than what its separate parts would add up to.
noun
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A total effect that is greater than what its separate parts would add up to.
"Democracy requires an oversum, a koiné, a res publica, a Genossenschaft, a commonwealth, a League such as the Iroquois, a Tewa-Pueblo, that is, an entity of which the citizens are members with membership duties and rights."
— Manfred O. Hinz, Helgard K. Patemann (2006)
"The Saxonian tradition does not know or rejects the cooperative, the oversum, or superaddition."
— Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Abhandlungen: Issue 132 (2008)
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Etymology
Formed from over- and sum.
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What is the meaning of oversum?
"oversum" (noun) means a total effect that is greater than what its separate parts would add up to.
