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overcompensation: Meaning and Definition of
o•ver•com•pen•sa•tion
Pronunciation: (ō'vur-kom"pun-sā'shun), [key]
— n. Psychoanal.
- a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- compensation to an unnecessary or unreasonable degree: The pay was overcompensation for the work done.
See also:
- overcompensation (Thesaurus)
