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English Dictionary: overcompensation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overcompensation
n
  1. (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
  2. excessive compensation
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