overcompensation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
Types & categories
- compensation hypernym
Related & opposite
- overcompensate derivation
- psychiatry domain topic
Sense 2 noun
excessive compensation
Types & categories
- compensation hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | overcompensate |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | compensation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | compensation |