Compensation-neurosis
noun, Psychiatry.
1.
an unconscious attempt to retain physical or psychological symptoms of illness when some advantage may be obtained (distinguished from ).
compensation neurosis n.
A neurosis whose symptoms may be associated with a real or presumed disability that may bring financial compensation.
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[kuh m-pen-suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /kəmˈpɛn səˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ adjective 1. serving to , as for loss, lack, or injury. 2. . adj. c.1600, from French compensatoire, from Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare (see compensate). Psychological sense is from 1921. compensatory com·pen·sa·to·ry (kəm-pěn’sə-tôr’ē) adj. Relating to or characterized by compensation.