| NOUN | possession | compensation | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) |
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| process | compensation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | |
| act | compensation, recompense | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury |
| Sounds | kaa.mpahnsey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors. | |
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| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Narrower | overcompensation | (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite |
| Broader | defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence | (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires |
| Spanish | compensación | |
| Catalan | compensació | |
| Verbs | compensate | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities |
| Meaning | The act of compensating for service or loss or injury. | |
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| Synonym | recompense | |
| Narrower | indemnification | An act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance |
| Broader | correction, rectification | The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake |
| Spanish | compensación, recompensa | |
| Catalan | compensació, recompensa | |
| Verbs | compensate | make payment to |
| compensate | make amends for | |
| compensate | do or give something to somebody in return | |
| compensate | make reparations or amends for | |
| compensate | adjust for | |
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