psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
excessive compensation
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overcompensationin Scrabble®
The word overcompensation is not scrabbleable. It is 16 letters long, too long to fit on a Scrabble board (15 letters max).
overcompensation:
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overcompensation:
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