overjustify
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.
- (transitive) Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.
Etymology
Prefix from English justify.
Origin
English
justify
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Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- just English
- justification English
- justifier English
- justifiest English
- justifieth English
- justify English
- overjustification English
- rejustify English
- unjustify English
- justifien Middle English