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hypercompensatory

hypercompensatory adjective: relating to hypercompensation.

Adjective

hypercompensatory (not comparable)

  1. Relating to hypercompensation

Origin of hypercompensatory

From hyper- + compensatory.

Questions about hypercompensatory

What does hypercompensatory mean?
Hypercompensatory means relating to hypercompensation.
What part of speech is hypercompensatory?
Hypercompensatory is an adjective.

Words near hypercompensatory in the dictionary

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

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