🏌️ To swing too hard 📈 Big change 🏌️ Too strong swing

overswing

7.0

A large change in opinion or market prices that goes too far

noun
/ˈoʊvərˌswɪŋ/

: exceso de cambio

Analysts warned that an overswing in public opinion could lead to unstable policies.

Examples

The stock market experienced an overswing after the unexpected economic news.
The team's strategy change resulted in an overswing that surprised their competitors.
The stock market experienced a significant overswing last week.
An overswing in public opinion can affect election outcomes.
The stock market saw an overswing this month, dropping sharply after a brief rise due to investor speculation.
The politician's overswing in policy position alienated many of his supporters, leading to a backlash in the polls.
The company's sudden overswing in its marketing strategy confused customers and led to a decline in sales.

Synonyms

overreaction

vsoverswing

27 4.9

A response that is stronger than the situation needs

is a broad excessive change often without strong emotion or behavior

overcorrection

vsoverswing

1 7.2

A change made too strongly that creates a new problem, for example when steering a car

is a large change beyond reason, not only a corrective opposite move

Antonyms

steady

304 2.0

Not changing over time and remaining the same

How Extreme

overswing

7.0

reversal

25 4.2

to swing

37 2.8

shift

363 3.5

change

∞ 1.1

Surface Forms

overswing singular

overswings plural

Morphology

overswing = swing (transparent) = over + swing

Formation is a straightforward prefixation 'over' + 'swing' indicating an excessive or exaggerated swing/change.

Etymology

Overswing comes from over- meaning 'too much' and swing meaning 'a movement' or a 'change'. Picture a pendulum that goes past the middle and keeps swinging to the other side — that extra motion is an overswing. So, an overswing in markets or opinion is a move that goes beyond what is reasonable.