overcompensation
Example Sentences
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But it also has a strong whiff of overcompensation.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2024
Bullying as overcompensation for obvious insecurity and resentment that the world does not view their mediocrity as excellence?
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2024
He wore Kendall’s clothes and practiced self-doubt and the art of overcompensation.
From New York Times • May 31, 2023
For all its supercool posturing, casual cruelty and lurid overcompensation, “Bullet Train” was a cozy all along.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022
After what I’ve been through, some overcompensation is to be expected.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
