DICTIONARY ENTRY
6 SYLLABLES
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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