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overcompensate
[oh-ver-kom-puhn-seyt]
verb (used with object)
to compensate or reward excessively; overpay.
Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
verb (used without object)
to exhibit psychological overcompensation; strive to overcome a sense of inferiority through overt, opposite behavior.
The aggressive patient may be overcompensating, and be a profoundly shy person beneath the façade.
overcompensate
/ ˌəʊəˈɒɛˌɪ /
verb
to compensate (a person or thing) excessively
(intr) psychol to engage in overcompensation
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˌDZˈdzˌٴǰ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of overcompensate1
Example Sentences
“And who, over the course of the script, is overcompensating with love. That was just so me for a really large chunk of my life, frankly.”
The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.
“You don’t think he’s overcompensating do you?” a former GOP member of Congress asked me.
There's also a growing concern that India may be overcompensating in its efforts to flatter the US.
"I had money and had to keep myself occupied. I overcompensated but that's the way I dealt with it."
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