Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overjustification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-jus-ti-fi-ca-tion
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive justification.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

External incentives for an already internally motivated behavior, which risk the loss of the original motivation.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over
Suffix: overjustify

Usage

Inflected Forms

overjustifications (plural)

Questions

What does overjustification mean?: Excessive justification.
Where does overjustification come from?: From overjustify + -ification, or from over- + justification.

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