Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessive compensation, especially the exertion of effort in excess of that needed to compensate for a physical or psychological characteristic or defect.
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- noun An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to
overcome a perceivedlack in another area. - noun Excessive
pay orreward provided for work performed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun excessive compensation
- noun (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
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Examples
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SECOND OPINION: Hameed Gul: strategic 'overcompensation' - Khaled Ahmed's TV Review Tuesday,
Bloggers.Pakistan 2009
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Cheney's promotion of torture -- and his rabid public defense of it since leaving office -- seem to me like a continuation of the post-9/11 "overcompensation" Prof. Record writes about.
Sandy Goodman: Stop the Presses: Cheney's Re-emergence Is Finally Explained! 2009
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The aftermath, he now admits, was "overcompensation," as he began dating posses of women, including one named Brandy and a pair of twins named Sandy and Mandy.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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But during the Frenzy, those floor teams were overbidding on some lower-tier free agents as a way of "overcompensation," as one agent put it.
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Then again, stereotypes concerning "overcompensation" were invented out of envy and are projected by those who are afraid to admit that they too would love to own such a machine.
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Then again, stereotypes concerning "overcompensation" were invented out of envy and are projected by those who are afraid to admit that they too would love to own such a machine.
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Cheney's promotion of torture -- and his rabid public defense of it since leaving office -- seem to me like a continuation of the post-9 / 11 "overcompensation" Prof. Record writes about.
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(The word "overcompensation" immediately comes to mind ...)
The Sidney Crosby Show snoopyjode 2008
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*snort* Some kind of overcompensation for something, methinks?
Star Trek Pants jimhines 2010
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Also, don't sweat the interpersonal communication faux pas of over assertion (being the only woman in a roomful of men causes the occasional overcompensation).
No More Sparks On Podcasts SVGL 2009
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