overjustify

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[justify]] excessively; to provide too much justification for.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|psychology}} ''Specifically'', to provide external [[incentive]] for an already-internally-[[motivate]]d [[behavior]], thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.

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