Definitions from Wiktionary (overjustify)
▸ verb: (transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.
▸ verb: (transitive, psychology) Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.
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▸ verb: (transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.
▸ verb: (transitive, psychology) Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.
Similar:
overprove,
overrationalize,
overexplain,
overblame,
overexaggerate,
overcompensate,
overstate,
oversell,
overclaim,
overjudge,
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