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1. (n.) overcompensation
compensation to an unnecessary or unreasonable degree.
2. overcompensation
Psychoanal. a pronounced striving to overcome a trait perceived as unacceptable by substituting an opposite trait.
Etymology: (1915–20; as psychoanalytic term, trans. of G Überkompensation, coined by Alfred Adler)
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1. (noun) overcompensation
(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
2. (noun) overcompensation
excessive compensation
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