About The Word Overcompensation

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Overcompensation

Overcompensation Meaning & Definition
Overcompensation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Overcompensation?

[n] excessive compensation
[n] (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite

Synonyms | Synonyms for Overcompensation:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Overcompensation: alienation | autism | autistic thinking | avoidance mechanism | blame-shifting | compensation | decompensation | defense mechanism | dereism | dereistic thinking | displacement | dissociation | emotional insulation | escape | escape into fantasy | escape mechanism | escapism | fantasizing | fantasy | flight | isolation | negativism | projection | psychotaxis | rationalization | resistance | sociological adjustive reactions | sublimation | substitution | wishful thinking | wish-fulfillment fantasy | withdrawal

See Also | compensation | compensation

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