overcompensation in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for overcompensation in the English»French Dictionary

overcompensation [Brit əʊvəˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)n, Am ˌoʊvərˌkɑmp(ə)nˈseɪʃ(ə)n] N PSYCH

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It utilized pneumatic hydraulic servos, which had a tendency to react slowly to inputs, and this often led to overcompensation of the aircrafts corrected course.

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This drop in adsorption rates can be countered by exploiting the tendency for charge overcompensation to occur.

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For example, in anorexia nervosa the fictive final goal is to be perfectly thin (overcompensation on the basis of a feeling of inferiority).

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The export of these benefits can, in some cases, lead to overcompensation and compensation below the level of the cost of living in other cases.

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The inferiority/superiority dynamic is constantly at work through various forms of compensation and overcompensation.

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Maybe it's a form of overcompensation, but when piqued, we nonsocial folks can be uncharacteristically and pointedly forthcoming.

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There may be an element of overcompensation going on.

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Quotation marks can be liberating; they are at least an escape from the overcompensation that has gripped men for the past fifty years.

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This phenomenon is called overcompensation.

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Most of life is just overcompensation for not feeling like you are good enough.

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