Associations to the word «Overcompensation»
Wiktionary
OVERCOMPENSATION, noun. An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
OVERCOMPENSATION, noun. Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed.
Dictionary definition
OVERCOMPENSATION, noun. (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite.
OVERCOMPENSATION, noun. Excessive compensation.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.