compensation neurosis: Meaning and Definition of

compensa'tion neuro"sis

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— Psychiatry. Psychiatry.
  1. an unconscious attempt to retain physical or psychological symptoms of illness when some advantage may be obtained (distinguished from malingering).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
compensation compensatory
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