Overjustify
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overjustify is a verb meaning (transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.
Meaning
(transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.
More Meanings
- (transitive, psychology) Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.
Word Forms
- overjustifies
- overjustifying
- overjustified
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overprove, overrationalize, overexplain, overblame, overexaggerate, overcompensate.
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