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overcompensation

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: overcompensation

1
 n
excessive compensation
2
 n
(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: overcompensation
1

n excessive compensation

Type of:
compensation
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
2

n (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite

Type of:
compensation
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
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