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16 letters · 25 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
noun excessive compensation
originEtymology 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.
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