Term: overcompensation: (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
Broader: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | Unrelated: southwestern lip fern: lip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds
Broader: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | Unrelated: astreus pteridis: the largest earthstar; the fruiting body can measure 15 cm across when the rays are expanded
Broader: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | Unrelated: forefoot: a front foot of a quadruped
Broader: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | Unrelated: typing pool: a group of typists who can work for different persons
Broader: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | Unrelated: tropaeolaceae: coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum
Broader: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | Unrelated: corchorus: any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute
Broader: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | Unrelated: aroeira blanca: small resinous tree or shrub of Brazil
Broader: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | Unrelated: phenylalanine: an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body
Broader: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | Unrelated: tuff: hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash
Broader: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | Unrelated: aphorist: someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms