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Overcompensation
/ˌəʊvəkˌɒmpənsˈeɪʃən/
/ˌoʊvɚkˌɑːmpənsˈeɪʃən/Overcompensation
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excessive compensation
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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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