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Noun overcompensation has 2 senses

• overcompensation(n = noun.process) Array - (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite; Array
is a kind of compensation
Derived form verb overcompensate₁

• overcompensation(n = noun.possession) Array - excessive compensation; Array
is a kind of compensation

THESAURUS

overcompensation

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, wish-fulfillment fantasy, wishful thinking, withdrawal

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