overcompensation

overcompensation
Synonyms and related words:
alienation, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, blame-shifting, compensation, decompensation, defense mechanism, dereism, dereistic thinking, displacement, dissociation, emotional insulation, escape, escape into fantasy, escape mechanism, escapism, fantasizing, fantasy, flight, isolation, negativism, projection, psychotaxis, rationalization, resistance, sociological adjustive reactions, sublimation, substitution, wish-fulfillment fantasy, wishful thinking, withdrawal

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  • overcompensation — (n.) 1917 in the psychological sense, translating Ger. überkompensation, from OVER (Cf. over) + COMPENSATION (Cf. compensation). A term used by A. Alder to denote exaggerated striving for power in someone who has an inner sense of inferiority …   Etymology dictionary

  • overcompensation — noun 1. (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite • Derivationally related forms: ↑overcompensate • Topics: ↑psychiatry, ↑psychopathology, ↑psychological medicine …   Useful english dictionary

  • overcompensation — overcompensatory /oh veuhr keuhm pen seuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /oh veuhr kom peuhn say sheuhn/, n. Psychoanal. 1. a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite… …   Universalium

  • overcompensation — 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. * * * over·com·pen·sa·tion .käm pən sā shən, .pen n …   Medical dictionary

  • overcompensation — n. (in psychology) the situation in which a person tries to overcome a disability by making greater efforts than are required. This may result in the person becoming extremely efficient in what he (or she) is trying to achieve; alternatively,… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • overcompensation — perkompensavimas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. overcompensation vok. Überkompensation, f rus. перекомпенсация, f pranc. recompensation, f …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • overcompensation — overcompensate ► VERB ▪ take excessive measures to compensate for something. DERIVATIVES overcompensation noun overcompensatory adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • overcompensation — noun Date: 1912 excessive compensation; specifically excessive reaction to a feeling of inferiority, guilt, or inadequacy leading to an exaggerated attempt to overcome the feeling • overcompensate verb • overcompensatory adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • overcompensation — noun a) An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area. b) Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed. See Also: overcompensate, overcompensatory …   Wiktionary

  • overcompensation — n. excessive compensation; excessive repayment; working too hard to make up for a fault or a defect (Psychoanalysis) …   English contemporary dictionary

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