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Definition of Overcompensation
1. Noun. (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite.
Category relationships: Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Psychopathology
Generic synonyms: Compensation
Derivative terms: Overcompensate
Generic synonyms: Compensation
Derivative terms: Overcompensate
2. Noun. Excessive compensation.
Generic synonyms: Compensation
Medical Definition of Overcompensation
1. 1. An exaggeration of personal capacity by which one overcomes a real or imagined inferiority. 2. The process in which a psychologic deficiency inspires exaggerated correction. See: compensation. (05 Mar 2000)
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