overcompensation
1overcompensation — (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 …
2overcompensation — 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 …
3overcompensation — 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… …
4overcompensation — 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 …
5overcompensation — 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,… …
6overcompensation — perkompensavimas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. overcompensation vok. Überkompensation, f rus. перекомпенсация, f pranc. recompensation, f …
7overcompensation — overcompensate ► VERB ▪ take excessive measures to compensate for something. DERIVATIVES overcompensation noun overcompensatory adjective …
8overcompensation — 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 …
9overcompensation — 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 …
10overcompensation — 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 …
