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We found 21 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word overcompensation: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "overcompensation" is defined. General (18 matching dictionaries) overcompensation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] overcompensation: Collins English Dictionary [home, info] overcompensation: Vocabulary.com [home, info] overcompensation: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info] overcompensation: Wordnik [home, info] overcompensation: Wiktionary [home, info] overcompensation: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info] overcompensation: Dictionary.com [home, info] overcompensation: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info] overcompensation: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info] Overcompensation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info] overcompensation: Rhymezone [home, info] overcompensation: Free Dictionary [home, info] overcompensation: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info] overcompensation: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info] overcompensation: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info] Medicine (3 matching dictionaries) overcompensation: online medical dictionary [home, info] overcompensation: Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology [home, info] overcompensation: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Quick definitions from WordNet (overcompensation) ▸ noun:  excessive compensation ▸ noun:  (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite ▸ Word origin