Definition of: overcompensation

(ō′vər·kom′pən·sā′shən) noun
1. Psychol. More than the necessary or normal adjustments in a given situation.
2. Psychoanal. The cultivation of attitudes and forms of behavior designed to compensate in an exaggerated manner for the fact or feeling of inferiority.
—o′ver·com·pen′sa·to·ry (-kəm·pen′sə·tôr′ē, -tō′rē) adjective