English Explanatory Dictionary

overjustification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Excessive justification.
  2. External incentives for an already internally motivated behavior, which risk the loss of the original motivation.

Word forms

overjustification overjustifications

Etymology

From overjustify + -ification, or from over- + justification.

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