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What (who) is overcompensate - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Overcompensating; Overcompensate
overcompensate
¦ verb take excessive measures to compensate for something.
Derivatives
overcompensating adjective
overcompensatingly adverb
overcompensation noun
overcompensatory adjective
compensate
v.
1) (d; intr.) ('to make up for') to compensate for (I cannot compensate for my inferiority complex)
2) (D; tr.) ('to reimburse') to compensate for (to compensate smb. for damages)
Compensative
·adj Affording compensation.
II. Compensative ·noun Compensation.
Wikipedia
Overcompensation
Overcompensation may refer to:
- Overcompensation (linguistics) or hypercorrection, non-standard language use resulting from over-application of a perceived grammar rule
- Overcompensation (psychology) or compensation, covering real or imagined deficiencies in one area of life with excellence in another area
- Overcompensating (webcomic), a journal/daily blog comic by Jeffrey Rowland
Examples of use of overcompensate
1. It called the aid "excessive" and said the level of assistance "may overcompensate certain producers for their losses."
2. "Because he was so lax earlier in his term, he has no choice but to overcompensate," said Bartlett.
3. Supporters of the syndrome say that society‘s obsession with height forces small men to overcompensate by becoming chippy, more aggressive and – in extreme cases – lust power.
4. When you‘re a weekend father, there‘s a tendency to overcompensate and shower the child with armfuls of gifts – and, at first, I was no exception.
5. Now scientists may finally have proof for the "short man syndrome" – the phenomenon where tiny men overcompensate for their lack of height through acts of aggression.