##  [Conceptual Overlap](/index.php/conceptual-overlap) 

  ##  [Conceptual Overlap](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/conceptual-overlap-0) 

  

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**Humanities & Arts Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A condition in which two or more concepts share parts of their intension (criteria) or extension (instances) so that there is no sharp, exhaustively exclusive boundary between them; as a result, classification and analysis that assume strict mutual exclusivity may fail or require additional context-sensitive criteria.