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hypercompensations

hypercompensations is the plural of hypercompensation.

Meaning of hypercompensation

Noun

hypercompensation (countable and uncountable, plural hypercompensations)

  1. Excessive compensation for something.
    • Manifestations of this “protection” can be various. They are — apathy, lack of interest in the surroundings, defiant behavior (hypercompensation of the inferiority complex), etc.2008, Vladimir Antonov, Spiritual Work With Children, page 60

Questions about hypercompensations

What is hypercompensations the plural of?
Hypercompensations is the plural of hypercompensation.

Words near hypercompensations in the dictionary

  1. hypercommercialism
  2. hypercommodified
  3. hypercompact
  4. hypercompaction
  5. hypercompensation
  6. hypercompensations
  7. hypercompensatory
  8. hypercompetence
  9. hypercompetent
  10. hypercompetition
  11. hypercompetitive

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