overpunishment

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ punishment.

Noun

overpunishment (countable and uncountable, plural overpunishments)

1. Excessive punishment.
   • 1976 March 1, Ralph S. Welsh, “VIOLENCE, PERMISSIVENESS THE OVERPUNISHED CHILD”, in Journal of Pediatric Psychology, volume 1, number 2, →DOI, page 68:

     Parental overpunishment could very well be the major factor in producing the distractability, the impulsivity, the social incompetence, and above all, the angry anti-authority attitudes so commonly seen in delinquent misconduct.

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