overcompensate
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1. make excessive corrections for fear of making an error (verb.social)
2. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (verb.stative)
| derivation | : | compensation, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | overcompensation, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | compensation, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | overcompensation, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite (noun.process) |
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