'overcompensation' definitions:
Definition of 'overcompensation'
From: WordNet
noun
(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
noun
Excessive compensation
Synonyms of 'overcompensation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alienation,
- autism,
- autistic thinking,
- avoidance mechanism,
- blame-shifting,
- compensation,
- decompensation,
- defense mechanism,
- dereism,
- dereistic thinking,
- displacement,
- dissociation,
- emotional insulation,
- escape,
- escape into fantasy,
- escape mechanism,
- escapism,
- fantasizing,
- fantasy,
- flight,
- isolation,
- negativism,
- projection,
- psychotaxis,
- rationalization,
- resistance,
- sociological adjustive reactions,
- sublimation,
- substitution,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- wishful thinking,
- withdrawal