#compensation.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
  supertype:  defense_mechanism__defensemechanism__defense_reaction__defensereaction__defencemechanism__defence_reaction__defencereaction__defense  (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
  subtype:  overcompensation.compensation  (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite

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