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overcompensation

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1. n. (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite Source: wordnet
2. n. excessive compensation Source: wordnet
3. n:100 n. (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite n. excessive compensation Source: ecdict

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overcome attempt compensation defect exaggerating excessive imagined opposite overly psychiatry real trait unwanted

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