overcompliant
- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərkəmˈplaɪənt/
:
excesivamente obediente
- Child is overcompliant with authority, overly pleasing with adults.
Examples
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The overcompliant employee always follows every instruction to the letter, even when it's unnecessary.
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Many students are overcompliant, trying too hard to please their teachers and follow all the rules.
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Her overcompliant nature often led her to agree with her friends, even if she had different opinions.
Synonyms
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5.1
Willing to follow rules or do what other people want
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6.0
Behaving in a way that follows rules instead of trying new ideas
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7.9
Copying someone else's ideas or style without any of your own
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8.4
Willing to accept rules or decisions without protest
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8.8
Following other people's rules so much that they cannot show their true self
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7.0
Willing to do what other people want
Being too careful about following rules or avoiding mistakes
Being too careful about doing the right thing or duties, often causing stress
Willing to follow rules and act like other people in a group
Antonyms
How Compliant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overcompliant joins over- 'too much' with compliant from comply 'to follow' or 'to bend'. That is why an overcompliant person is too willing to obey or agree with others, often without saying no.