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compensatory, a.|kəmˈpɛnsətərɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ory: cf. F. compensatoire.]
a. Having the function of compensating; affording compensation.
1601–2W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 8 Gifts..called Compensatorie, because they are giuen for some cause or consideration. 1802Paley Nat. Theol. (1804) 397 Another instance of the compensatory system is in the autumnal crocus. 1838De Morgan Ess. Probab. 142 That the effect of successive lapses..shall be compensatory of each other. 1875Whitney Life Lang. iv. 51 With compensatory prolongation of the preceding vowel.
b. Psychol. Pertaining to, aiming at, or effecting compensation (1 e).
1921E. J. Kempf Psychopathol. ix. 463 A not uncommon method of overcoming the inferiorities of poor ability is to be extravagant. This is the most usual compensatory mechanism of the rich inferior male or female. 1923H. G. Baynes tr. Jung's Psychol. Types x. 421 To begin with, the ‘hysterical’ character is an exaggeration of the normal attitude; it is then complicated by compensatory reactions from the side of the unconscious. 1934H. G. Wells Exper. Autobiogr. I. i. 25 A persona may be..a structure of mere compensatory delusions. Ibid. ii. 46 The Queen..was in fact my mother's compensatory personality, her imaginative consolation for all the restrictions and hardships. 1941A. Angyal Found. Sci. Personality vii. 231 The importance of this factor [sc. tall stature] becomes evident when one observes the great variety of compensatory behavior seen in short people. 1966L. Hudson Contrary Imaginations ii. 32 This compensatory pattern only obtained on the arts side; it did not occur among scientists. |