compensatory en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kɒmˈpɛnsətəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kəmˈpɛnsəˌtɔɹi/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kɒmpɛnˈseɪtəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from French compensatoire. By surface analysis, compensate + -ory.
Meanings
- (not-comparable, of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury.
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(not-comparable) Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something.
As long as the oppressed class does not possess the initiative but is restricted mainly to defensive action, it is apt to develop the compensatory idea that it is bound to triumph sooner or later because of 'historical laws', and that history is 'objectively' on its side.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 232:
- (not-comparable) That compensates for a deleterious mutation.
Deriveds
overcompensatory · hypercompensatory · compensatory lengthening · pseudocompensatory · decompensatory · compensatory time · undercompensatory · noncompensatory · compensatorily
Translations (11)
sk náhradný (voľno, dovolenka) (serving as compensation) · sk vyrovnávací (serving as compensation) · nb kompensatorisk (serving as compensation) · nn kompensatorisk (serving as compensation) · fr compensatoire (serving as compensation) · es compensatorio (serving as compensation) · ca compensatori (serving as compensation) · pl kompensacyjny (serving as compensation) · it compensativo (serving as compensation) · pt compensatório (serving as compensation) · sk kompenzačný (serving as compensation)