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Overcompensation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    excessive compensation wordnet
  3. 3
    Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite wordnet

Etymology

From over- + compensation.

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