ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hypercompensation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hypercompensation is a noun meaning Excessive compensation for something.

Meaning

Excessive compensation for something.

Example Sentences

Manifestations of this “protection” can be various. They are — apathy, lack of interest in the surroundings, defiant behavior (hypercompensation of the inferiority complex), etc.
This identification gives rise to the ego alienation of the Jew from his original archetypal constellations expressed by the Jewish culture; therefore the frequent processes of unconscious hypercompensations become sources of neurosis.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overcompensation, overcompensator, overcorrection, overaccomplishment, hypercompliance, overmerit.

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