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Better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
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overachievement
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n. A greater than anticipated achievement
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Overachievers are individuals who "perform better or achieve more success than expected." The implicit presumption is that the "overachiever" is achieving superior results through excessive effort. In a teaching context, an "overachiever" is an educational ...
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n. better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) [ant: underachievement ]
Usage examples of overachievement.
Crouched behind her bunker of intelligence, overachievement and risk-taking was a furious, wounded child who went after dragons the rest of us feared.
Scarpetta had learned to take flight into overachievement, for even making friends was hard when one was intelligent and sensitive and stunned by loss.