Usually means: Excessive response to correct deficit.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. overcompensatory: Merriam-Webster
  2. overcompensatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overcompensatory: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overcompensatory: Wiktionary
  5. overcompensatory: Dictionary.com
  6. overcompensatory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overcompensatory: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (overcompensatory)

▸ adjective:  Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.

Similar:
overcompensative, overrecompensed, over-accommodating, overgenerous, overcompassionate, overcomplimentary, overrewarded, overemotive, oversympathetic, overexplanatory, more...

Opposite:
undercompensatory, balanced, moderate

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Similar:
overcompensative, overrecompensed, over-accommodating, overgenerous, overcompassionate, overcomplimentary, overrewarded, overemotive, oversympathetic, overexplanatory, more...

Opposite:
undercompensatory, balanced, moderate



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