Overjustify Definition

verb

To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.

Wiktionary

(psychology) Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.

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Origin of Overjustify

  • over- +‎ justify.

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