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Overcompensation

nounid 102827·updated May 18, 2026
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(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite

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Overcompensations
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Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
excessive compensation
§2
(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite

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