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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•com•pen•sa•tion (ō′vər kom′pən sā′shən),USA pronunciation n. [Psychoanal.]- Psychiatrya pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- Psychiatrycompensation to an unnecessary or unreasonable degree:The pay was overcompensation for the work done.
- as psychoanalytic term, translation of Überkompensation, coined by Alfred Adler 1915–20; over- + compensation
o•ver•com•pen•sa•to•ry (ō′vər kəm pen′sə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj. |