overcompensate
verb (used with object)
to compensate or reward excessively; overpay.
overcompensatory
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a word derived from
overcompensate.
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a word derived from
overcompensation.
overcompensationnouna pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
Example Sentences
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We’d also like to point out, though, just how overcompensatory it was for Thomas to specifically say that the parking lot is the part of the Walmart that he prefers to the beach.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2023
Yes, he writes songs with guffy titles such as Oblique Is My Love, but then he records them under overcompensatory blokey bandnames such as 30 Odd Foot of Grunts.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2018
Instead, the denouement is so overcompensatory in its giddiness that we can’t quite believe that Violet and Tom have a shot at resolving the legitimate conflicts that tore them apart.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2012
