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overcompensation
[ oh-ver-kom-puhn-sey-shuhn ]
noun
Psychoanalysis.
- 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.
overcompensation
/ ˌəʊəˌɒɛˈɪʃə /
noun
- psychol an attempt to make up for a character trait by overexaggerating its opposite
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ··dz···ٴ· [oh, -ver-k, uh, m-, pen, -s, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of overcompensation1
1915–20; over- + compensation; as psychoanalytic term, translation of ÜdzԲپDz, coined by Alfred Adler
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But it also has a strong whiff of overcompensation.
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Bullying as overcompensation for obvious insecurity and resentment that the world does not view their mediocrity as excellence?
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The overcompensation led to a grand finale featuring both pro wrestler Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White, rather than the traditional activists and politicians one hears at a convention.
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It's definitely got an overcompensation vibe to it.
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He wore Kendall’s clothes and practiced self-doubt and the art of overcompensation.
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