overcompensation

Example Sentences

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It's definitely got an overcompensation vibe to it.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2024

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

From New York Times • May 31, 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

But what passes for humor in “F9” are self-referential one-liners about invincibility and overcompensation, often delivered by Gibson’s Roman, that fall as flat as a pancaked police car.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2021

After what I’ve been through, some overcompensation is to be expected.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides