Overjustification

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive justification. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    External incentives for an already internally motivated behavior, which risk the loss of the original motivation. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From overjustify + -ification, or from over- + justification.

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