overcompensation /over·com·pen·sa·tion/ (o″ver-kom″pen-sa´shun) exaggerated correction of a real or imagined physical or psychologic defect.
overcompensation
overcompensation
o·ver·com·pen·sa·tion (  v r-k mpn-s  shn)n. Excessive compensation, especially the exertion of effort beyond what is needed to compensate for a physical or psychological characteristic or defect. |
overcompensation
[-kom′pənsā′shən]
Etymology: AS, ofer + L, compensare, to weigh together
an exaggerated attempt to overcome a real or imagined physical or psychologic deficit. The attempt may be conscious or unconscious. See also compensation.
overcompensation
Psychiatry A conscious/subconscious process in which a real/imagined physical/psychologic deficit generates an exaggerated correction
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