"overjustify" meaning in All languages combined

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        "To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for."
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        "(transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for."
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        "Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation."
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        "(transitive, psychology) Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation."
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        "To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for."
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        "(transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for."
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