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overcompensation

/'oʊvər,kɑmpənseɪ_ʃən/ · oʊvərkɑmpənseɪʃən

Overcompensation has 6 syllables: o · ver · com · pen · sa · tion.

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noun. Excessive compensation.

noun. (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite.

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