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overpunishment

noun

Etymology

From over- + punishment.

  1. derived from punissement
  2. inherited from punishement
  3. formed as overpunishment — “over- + punishment”

Definitions

  1. Excessive punishment.

    • Parental overpunishment could very well be the major factor in producing the distractability, the impulsivity, the social incompetence, and above all, the angry anti-authority attitudes so commonly seen in delinquent misconduct.

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