overcompensation
English Thesaurus
1. excessive compensation (noun.possession)
hypernym | : | compensation, |
definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
2. (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite (noun.process)
hypernym | : | compensation, |
definition | : | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors (noun.process) |
derivation | : | compensate, cover, overcompensate, |
definition | : | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (verb.stative) |
derivation | : | compensate, cover, overcompensate, |
definition | : | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (verb.stative) |
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