Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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psychopathology | Yes | No | No | No |
overcompensation | Yes | No | No | No |
psychopathology (noun) | overcompensation (noun) |
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the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | excessive compensation |
the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior | (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite |