 overcompensation |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite | |
| Related terms: | compensation psychiatry | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (business) excessive compensation | |
| Related terms: | compensation | |
| Similar spelling: |
overcompensate overcapitalisation oversimplification overcapitalization |
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