# overjustification

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Excessive justification.
2. External incentives for an already internally motivated behavior, which risk the loss of the original motivation.

## Etymology
From overjustify + -ification, or from over- + justification.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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