overcompensation

Example Sentences

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He wore Kendall’s clothes and practiced self-doubt and the art of overcompensation.

From New York Times • May 31, 2023

The overcompensation only compounded the pathos of the imagery from his arraignment.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2023

If that is buried deep in the self-conscious — whether it is real or imagined — that someone wants to erase your existence, they respond with overcompensation: I am here, I exist.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 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