overcompensate
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14862·updated Jun 3, 2026verified
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
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Cognitive
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
- coverover-correct
- pasttense
- overcompensated
- presentparticiple
- overcompensating
- thirdpersonsingular
- overcompensates
- pastparticiple
- overcompensated
Framework definitions
- §1
- make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
- §2
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- §1 · legacy_primary
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualitiesDR-088 backfill from the verb definition column
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