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Overjustification vs Overjustify - What's the difference?

overjustification | overjustify | Derived terms |

Overjustification is a derived term of overjustify.


In psychology|lang=en terms the difference between overjustification and overjustify

is that overjustification is (psychology) specifically , external incentives for an already-internally-motivated behavior, which risk the loss of the original motivation while overjustify is (psychology) specifically , to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.

As a noun overjustification

is excessive justification.

As a verb overjustify is

to justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.

overjustification

English

Noun

  • Excessive justification.
  • (psychology) Specifically , external incentives for an already-internally-motivated behavior, which risk the loss of the original motivation.

    • overjustify

    English

    Verb

  • To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.
  • (psychology) Specifically , to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.

    • Usage notes

    * This verb is fairly rare, but the derived noun (overjustification) is somewhat more common.

    Derived terms

    * overjustification