overcompensation
/oʊvər,kɑmpənseɪ_ʃən/
noun
16 letters6 syllables25 points in Scrabble®31 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1
Excessive compensation.
2
(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite.
WORD FORMS
Related formovercompensate
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®25 points
Words With Friends®31 points
Double word50 points
Triple word75 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinovercompensationway
Starts & ends withO … N
Syllableso · ver · com · pen · sa · tion
SYNONYMS & RELATED1
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