| 单词 | overcompensation |
| 释义 | overcompensation (once / 393978 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY overcompensate: overcompensated, overcompensates, overcompensating, overcompensation+/compensate: compensable, compensated, compensates, compensating, compensation, overcompensate/compensated: uncompensated/compensation: compensations USAGE EXAMPLESMachismo by its nature is always an exaggeration, an overcompensation. The Guardian(Oct 08, 2016) “When you see overcompensation, it’s usually indicative of failure in other areas,” said Charles Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance. New York Times(Aug 19, 2016) “This might have played out in the form of overcompensation,” Roshwald said. Washington Post(Jun 21, 2016) 1 n excessive compensation 2Hyper compensation something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) n (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite Hyper compensation (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors |
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