Usually means: Excessive response to mask deficiencies.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. overcompensation: Merriam-Webster
  2. overcompensation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overcompensation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. overcompensation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. overcompensation: Vocabulary.com
  6. overcompensation: Wordnik
  7. overcompensation: Wiktionary
  8. overcompensation: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. overcompensation: Dictionary.com
  10. overcompensation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Overcompensation (psychology), Overcompensation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. overcompensation: Rhymezone
  13. overcompensation: FreeDictionary.org
  14. overcompensation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. overcompensation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. overcompensation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  5. overcompensation: Medical dictionary

(Note: See overcompensate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (overcompensation)

noun:  An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
noun:  Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed.

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