Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
OVERDETERMINED
Etymology
Adjective
overdetermined (comparative more overdetermined, superlative most overdetermined)
(of a problem or question) Having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result.
(linear algebra, of a system of linear equations) Having more equations than variables.
(usually, psychoanalysis) Determined by multiple causes in such a way that any of the causes on its own would be sufficient to account for the effect.
Source: Wiktionary
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