Meaning of OVERCOMPENSATION

Pronunciation:			'owvur`kâmpunseyshun
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  excessive compensation [n]  (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
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	See Also:		compensation, compensation
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		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, wishful thinking, wish-fulfillment fantasy, withdrawal