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hypercompensation

noun

Etymology

From hyper- + compensation.

  1. derived from compensātiōnem
  2. derived from compensacion
  3. inherited from compensacioun
  4. prefixed as hypercompensation — “hyper + compensation”

Definitions

  1. Excessive compensation for something.

    • Manifestations of this “protection” can be various. They are — apathy, lack of interest in the surroundings, defiant behavior (hypercompensation of the inferiority complex), etc.
    • This identification gives rise to the ego alienation of the Jew from his original archetypal constellations expressed by the Jewish culture; therefore the frequent processes of unconscious hypercompensations become sources of neurosis.

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