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  1. overcompensation:


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Detailed Synonyms for overcompensation in English

overcompensation:

overcompensation [the ~] nom

  1. the overcompensation
  2. the overcompensation
    – excessive compensation 1
    the overcompensation
    – excessive compensation 1
  3. the overcompensation
    – (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite 1
    the overcompensation
    – (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite 1

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Related Definitions for "overcompensation":

  1. excessive compensation1
  2. (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite1