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compensation neurosis

noun

, Psychiatry.
  1. an unconscious attempt to retain physical or psychological symptoms of illness when some advantage may be obtained ( malingering ).

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Word History and Origins

Origin of compensation neurosis1

First recorded in 1920–25

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