overcompensation (n)

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def (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
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Hypernym compensation
Domain of synset - TOPIC psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
Derivationally related form overcompensation → overcompensate
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Member of this domain - TOPIC psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
Hyponym compensation
Derivationally related form overcompensate → overcompensation

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