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noun
An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
excessive compensation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: compensation
noun
(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: compensation
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English compensation English overcompensation From over- + compensation.
