overcompensation
Definitions
Noun
- (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
- Excessive compensation
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| 1 | completion | 3 | 57 |
| 2 | conversation | 4 | 50 |
| 3 | recommendation | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | recommendations | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | compensation | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | overcomes | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | condensation | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | overcoming | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | compensations | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | fermentation | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | compensatory | 5 | 3 |
| 12 | compensate | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | orchestration | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | documentation | 5 | 3 |
| 15 | compensating | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | overeating | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | commendation | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | ornamentation | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | overconsumption | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | overreaction | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | overexpansion | 5 | 0 |
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Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
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