overcompensation, n.
(overcompensations)
(overcompensations)
excessive compensation
<noun.possession>
overcompensation
semantic pointers
hypernym
(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
<noun.process>
overcompensation
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
hypernym