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noun Psychoanalysis.
1.
a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
2.
compensation to an unnecessary or unreasonable degree: The pay was overcompensation for the work done.
Origin:
1915–20; over- + compensation; as psychoanalytic term, translation of Überkompensation, coined by Alfred Adler
1915–20; over- + compensation; as psychoanalytic term, translation of Überkompensation, coined by Alfred Adler
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overcompensation
1917 in the psychological sense, translating Ger. überkompensation, from over + compensation. A term used by A. Alder to denote exaggerated striving for power in someone who has an inner sense of inferiority.
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overcompensation o·ver·com·pen·sa·tion (ō'vər-kŏm'pən-sā'shən)
n.
Excessive compensation, especially the exertion of effort beyond what is needed to compensate for a physical or psychological characteristic or defect.
An extreme neurotic striving for power or prestige because of a feeling of inferiority.
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