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Meaning of overpunishment | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Excessive punishment.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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