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Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.
Robertson Davies

Meaning of "overcompensation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERCOMPENSATION

overcompensation  [ˌəʊvəˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERCOMPENSATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overcompensation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVERCOMPENSATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hypercorrection

In linguistics or usage, hypercorrection is a non-standard usage that results from the over-application of a perceived rule of grammar or a usage prescription. A speaker or writer who produces a hypercorrection generally believes that the form is correct through misunderstanding of these rules, often combined with a desire to appear formal or educated. Linguistic hypercorrection occurs when a real or imagined grammatical rule is applied in an inappropriate context, so that an attempt to be "correct" leads to an incorrect result. Hypercorrection is sometimes found among speakers of less prestigious language varieties who produce forms associated with high-prestige varieties, even in situations where speakers of those varieties would not. Some commentators call such production hyperurbanism.

Definition of overcompensation in the English dictionary

The definition of overcompensation in the dictionary is an attempt to make up for a character trait by overexaggerating its opposite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERCOMPENSATION


affixation
ˌæfɪkˈseɪʃən
Alsatian
ælˈseɪʃən
annexation
ˌænɪkˈseɪʃən
cassation
kæˈseɪʃən
cessation
sɛˈseɪʃən
compensation
ˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən
condensation
ˌkɒndɛnˈseɪʃən
conversation
ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən
decompensation
diːˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən
dispensation
ˌdɪspɛnˈseɪʃən
extravasation
ɪkˌstrævəˈseɪʃən
fixation
fɪkˈseɪʃən
indexation
ˌɪndɛkˈseɪʃən
laxation
lækˈseɪʃən
malversation
ˌmælvɜːˈseɪʃən
pulsation
pʌlˈseɪʃən
relaxation
ˌriːlækˈseɪʃən
sensation
sɛnˈseɪʃən
taxation
tækˈseɪʃən
vexation
vɛkˈseɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERCOMPENSATION

overcolor
overcolour
overcome
overcomer
overcommit
overcommitment
overcommitted
overcommitting
overcommunicate
overcompensate
overcompensatory
overcomplex
overcompliance
overcomplicate
overcompress
overconcern
overconfidence
overconfident
overconfidently
overconscious

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERCOMPENSATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation

Synonyms and antonyms of overcompensation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overcompensation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERCOMPENSATION

Find out the translation of overcompensation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overcompensation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overcompensation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过度补偿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobrecompensación
570 millions of speakers

English

overcompensation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overcompensation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إفراط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сверхкомпенсация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

supercompensação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overcompensation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surcompensation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overcompensation
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überkompensation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過補償
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과잉 보상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overcompensation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overcompensation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overcompensation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परतावा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşırı telâfi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sovracompensazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nadmiernej rekompensaty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сверхкомпенсация
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supracompensare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπεραντιστάθμιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorkompensasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kompensation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overkompensasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overcompensation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCOMPENSATION»

The term «overcompensation» is normally little used and occupies the 109.616 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCOMPENSATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overcompensation

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QUOTES WITH «OVERCOMPENSATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overcompensation.
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Robertson Davies
Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERCOMPENSATION»

Discover the use of overcompensation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overcompensation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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In Search of Excess: The Overcompensation of American Executives
In the 1970's & 1980s, while the pay of American workers had gone nowhere, American CEOs have increased their own pay more than 400%.
Graef S. Crystal, 1991
2
Exercise and Sport Science
William E. Garrett, Donald T. Kirkendall. FIG. 34-3. The cycle of overcompensation after training. From ref. 49. FIG. 35-3. Knee-joint pattern for one subject riding at 250. laid out by many authors (8,12-14,16), have an excessively speculative ...
William E. Garrett, Donald T. Kirkendall, 2000
3
The Ecological World View
Overcompensation Hypothesis for Grazing Herbivores eat parts of plants and, at first sight, this would appear to be detrimental to the individual plant. But, could grazing or browsing in fact be beneficial to a plant so that grazing can be ...
Charles J. Krebs, 2008
4
Planning and Periodisation
Overcompensation. Model. During a training session, performers begin to experience fatigue and, if they continued for some time, they would not be able to continue at the same intensity ...
Anne Pankhurst, 2007
5
Handbook of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, Third Edition
There are three basic maladaptive coping styles (see Table 10.2): surrender, avoidance, and overcompensation. When an individual surrenders to a schema, that schema is accepted as true. The individual does not try to avoid or to fight the  ...
Keith S. Dobson, 2009
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Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic Development
stage exhibiting overcompensation is not exposed to the decreasing effect of the higher mortality and only benefits from the increased population reproduction rate. the conditions that allow for adult biomass overcompensation in response to  ...
André M. de Roos, Lennart Persson, 2013
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Quantitative Fish Dynamics
Over-Comp. Spawners S -+- K possibilities can be described: compensation, depensation, critical depensation, and overcompensation (figure 3.16), as discussed in section 3.1.7. The definitions for these phenomena are equivalent to those for ...
Juneau Center for Fisheries and Ocean Sciences University of Alaska Terrance J. Quinn Professor of Fish Population Dynamics, Fairbanks, Tuna-Bullfish Program Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Richard B. Deriso Chief Scientist, La Jolla California, 1999
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When Perfect Isn't Good Enough: Strategies for Coping with ...
Overcompensation involves overdoing some behavior to make absolutely sure that everything is “just right.” Examples of overcompensation include the following: Natasha lives about twenty minutes from work. However, she leaves ninety ...
Martin M. Antony, Richard P. Swinson, 2009
9
Readings in the Theory of Individual Psychology
27. Overcompensation. in. Adlerian. Theory. TREVOR HJERTAAS The paradox is that the poorly equipped man, the man who starts behind the line, has the greatest advantage. Progress and achievement result only from the conquest of ...
Steven Slavik, Jon Carlson, 2006
10
Flow Cytometry
Improper compensation can lead to false-positive or false-negative cell populations. In Fig. 4, the effect of overcompensation is illustrated using lymphocytes labeled with either FL-CD4 (FL-1) or PE-CD4 (FL-2), separately or both together.
Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, J. Paul Robinson, Harry A. Crissman, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERCOMPENSATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overcompensation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Insider secrets that will help out
... or volume over time and is executed at a frequency that allows optimal recovery and overcompensation between sessions, then it will work. «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
2
To Get History Right, Democrats Would Erase It
Perhaps the most ludicrous example of this overcompensation came when television networks cancelled re-airings of the Dukes of Hazard and ... «Commentary Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Perpetrator of Planned Parenthood hoax tells Hannity that many …
Patent overcompensation notwithstanding, Daleiden said that the purpose of this “study” was to determine “how exactly Planned Parenthood ... «Salon, Jul 15»
4
Google, Facebook, Dell Take Samsung's Side In Patent Infringement …
The company argued that allowing the ruling to stand would "invite overprotection and overcompensation for design patents, free from the ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
5
Ex Ante Vs. Ex Post: Janis Joplin's Yearbook Revisited
That conclusion about overcompensation is wrong as a matter of logic, because the premise can be restated mutatis mutandis for the ex ante ... «Law360, Jul 15»
6
The reframing of Adam Lambert: His past, dating problems
In our recent interview, the Idol alum comes clean about how a long period of "overcompensation"—yes, the outfits—led him to the latest ... «Windy City Times, Jul 15»
7
2016 McLaren 675LT
The 675LT is a spectacular example of overcompensation, a lightened and tightened response to the criticism that was leveled at the original McLaren ... «Car and Driver, Jul 15»
8
Renewable Obligation support for sub-5MW solar farms to be closed …
However, DECC claims that the move is necessary in order to “avoid potential overcompensation” in the inevitable developer rush to connect ... «Solar Power Portal, Jul 15»
9
After brouhaha over Berkeley racism incident, Kamau Bell does …
... are — something he believes is likely an overcompensation through praise by white people to the fact the children are bi-racial (Hudson Bell ... «Berkeleyside, Jul 15»
10
True the Vote still pursuing IRS, Lois Lerner and election integrity
"Immediately, we realized the Wisconsin scenario would have nationwide repercussions, and the massive overcompensation was intentionally ... «RenewAmerica, Jul 15»

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