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overjustifying

overjustifying is the present participle and gerund of overjustify.

Meaning of overjustify

Verb

overjustify (third-person singular simple present overjustifies, present participle overjustifying, simple past and past participle overjustified)

  1. (transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.
  2. (transitive) Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.

Questions about overjustifying

What is overjustifying the present participle and gerund of?
Overjustifying is the present participle and gerund of overjustify.

Words near overjustifying in the dictionary

  1. overjustification
  2. overjustifications
  3. overjustified
  4. overjustifies
  5. overjustify
  6. overjustifying
  7. overjut
  8. overjuts
  9. overjutted
  10. overjutting
  11. overkeen

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