"overjustify" meaning in All languages combined

See overjustify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overjustifies [present, singular, third-person], overjustifying [participle, present], overjustified [participle, past], overjustified [past]
Etymology: over- + justify. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|justify}} over- + justify Head templates: {{en-verb}} overjustify (third-person singular simple present overjustifies, present participle overjustifying, simple past and past participle overjustified)
  1. (transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overjustify-en-verb-JcsKT9Tl Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 50 50
  2. (transitive, psychology) Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-overjustify-en-verb-12BXuzhL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 50 50 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overjustification

Inflected forms

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